COMMUNICATION.ORG.AU - Whois Information

Helping people communicate with people - Communication Research Institute information design and communication research for industry and government: an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation with an international reputation for inventing, testing, and applying best practices in communication in business and government, for the public good. Communication.org.au

To improve performance of WHOIS service and to prevent its excessive high-volume use by a single source, we implemented a randomly generated Access Code that must be entered before running a WHOIS request.

The Access Code in the box is provided in graphics format. It has letters which are generated randomly and the symbol images are distorted. The distorted symbols cannot be read by computer programs which are used for mass-collect email addresses and any customer information. Only humans can read the distorted symbols and pass the access code. The Access Code improves performance of our services. It prevents excessive high-volume use by a single source.

The services that require Access Codes are: