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Is there any way I can know which company or organisation is hosting a particular domain name or website.

For example: suppose I want to know which organisation is hosting www.daniweb.com (just an example). How do I find out?

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Good first steps were suggested by and (DNS + WHOIS). The checklist below consolidates those basics and adds practical, modern ways to confirm who actually hosts a site, plus common gotchas (CDNs, privacy services, reverse proxies).

Start by resolving the name to an IP and checking DNS records (A/AAAA, NS, MX). DNS lookup shows the IP(s) the name currently resolves to. (developer.mozilla.org)
Next, look up the IP’s registration (RIR/WHOIS) to see the organization that holds that address block and abuse/tech contacts. For more context map the IP to its ASN to get the network operator name — that often identifies the hosting company or cloud provider. (arin.net)

Practical commands (replace example.com / <IP>):

dig +short example.com
whois <IP>                 # RIR/WHOIS info
whois -h whois.cymru.com " -v <IP>"   # quick IP -> ASN
traceroute example.com
curl -I https://example.com

Examine HTTP headers, traceroute hops and the ASN: together they help triangulate which provider actually carries the traffic.

Use certificate transparency and public-cert indexes (crt.sh / CT logs) and internet scanners to find historical certificates, alternate hostnames or previous hosting that can reveal origin hosts. Those CT logs are widely searchable and often expose origin names even when a site uses a proxy service. (en.wikipedia.org)

Caveats: many sites sit behind CDNs or reverse proxies (Cloudflare, Akamai, etc.), which deliberately present the CDN’s IPs and mask the origin; WHOIS can be privacy-protected; and shared hosting means many domains share one IP. A reverse-proxy/CDN can therefore make the “owner” shown in DNS/WHOIS different from the actual origin. (en.wikipedia.org)

Summary: treat DNS/WHOIS as the first stops (as and noted), then combine IP/ASN lookups, traceroute, header inspection and CT searches to triangulate the host. If the origin is still hidden and action is required (abuse/takedown), use the RIR/registrar contacts from the WHOIS/RDAP records to escalate. (arin.net)

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Member Avatar for suprtraffics

Check at DNSstuff
You can find anything from domain, emails to host location.

DNSSTUFF

commented: Thanks man - Asif_NSU +2
Member Avatar for zippee

I normally use service to find available and used domain name. They also display whois details about the owner of used domain name, such as domain name servers, company name and registration date etc.

Member Avatar for suprtraffics

I also believe most hosting providers & cpanel provide Whois check..

Member Avatar for adakist

I use dnsstuff.com too to find out that kind of info :)

Member Avatar for suprtraffics

I use dnsstuff.com too to find out that kind of info :)

Yes. It has almost everything anyone would like to know.
Best part: to check the blcoked email, if an emial is free or paid, etc...
:lol:

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I do look at the domain whois, and i also use dnsstuff.com :)

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