INFRASTRUCTURE.GOV.AU - Whois Information

The Department of Infrastructure and Transport Homepage This is the official website of the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport. The Department deals with Infrastructure; land transport, including road safety; civil aviation and air navigation; aviation security; maritime transport, including shipping; investigation of aviation and maritime accidents and incidents; Infrastructure.gov.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: