> That's also probably why we're seeing the domain "facebook.com" for sale on domain sites. The registrar that would normally provide the ownership info is down.
That’s not how it works. The info of whether a domain name is available is provided by the registry, not by the registrars. It’s usually done via a domain:check EPP command or via a DAS system. It’s very rare for registrar to registrar technical communication to occur.
Although the above is the clean way to do it, it’s common for registrars to just perform a dig on a domain name to check if it’s available because it’s faster and usually correct. In this case, it wasn’t.
That’s not how it works. The info of whether a domain name is available is provided by the registry, not by the registrars. It’s usually done via a domain:check EPP command or via a DAS system. It’s very rare for registrar to registrar technical communication to occur.
Although the above is the clean way to do it, it’s common for registrars to just perform a dig on a domain name to check if it’s available because it’s faster and usually correct. In this case, it wasn’t.