In this chapter, we further explored the various components of the domain name ecosystem. We looked at how the TLDs are operated by various registries, and how we interact with those registries when we register, move, or modify domains, via registrars.
We introduced the Whois database, which tracks registrant details for all of these myriad domains across the multitude of registries, and touched on the state of flux that the Whois landscape is undergoing because of the recently-introduced European data privacy laws, the GDPR.
