Last night Google unveiled their new plans for global domination, which involves the company morphing into something new “Alphabet“.
And new TLD types around the globe rejoiced, as the online behemoth chose to use a .xyz domain name for their big reveal
(They also made a funny reference to another .xyz in the source code .. )
But while “G is for Google”, then “P is for Proxy” or “P is for Privacy”
The whois records for the domain name are not showing Google:
whois abc.xyz -h whois.nic.xyz
Domain Name: ABC.XYZ
Domain ID: D2192285-CNIC
WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Referral URL: https://www.markmonitor.com/
Updated Date: 2015-08-10T17:48:03.0Z
Creation Date: 2014-03-20T13:26:06.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-03-20T23:59:59.0Z
Sponsoring Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc (TLDs)
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 292
Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited
Domain Status: renewPeriod https://icann.org/epp#renewPeriod
Registrant ID: mmr-132163
Registrant Name: Matt Serlin
Registrant Organization: DNStination Inc.
Registrant Street: 425 Market St
Registrant Street: 5th Floor
Registrant City: San Francisco
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94105
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4155319335
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.4155319336
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: admin@dnstinations.com
Admin ID: mmr-132163
Admin Name: Matt Serlin
Admin Organization: DNStination Inc.
Admin Street: 425 Market St
Admin Street: 5th Floor
Admin City: San Francisco
Admin State/Province: CA
Admin Postal Code: 94105
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4155319335
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.4155319336
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: admin@dnstinations.com
Tech ID: mmr-132163
Tech Name: Matt Serlin
Tech Organization: DNStination Inc.
Tech Street: 425 Market St
Tech Street: 5th Floor
Tech City: San Francisco
Tech State/Province: CA
Tech Postal Code: 94105
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4155319335
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.4155319336
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: admin@dnstinations.com
Name Server: NS2.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS4.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS3.GOOGLE.COM
Name Server: NS1.GOOGLE.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-08-11T09:45:11.0Z <<<
The domain appears to be using some kind of whois proxy or privacy service from MarkMonitor.
