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Filter out unregistered domains #93

Open SvicidalBug opened 1 year ago

SvicidalBug commented 1 year ago

Domains that are registered for the sole purpose of scamming typically aren't used for very long. Just sampling random domains from the list, I can see a large percentage of them no longer have an active WHOIS record. This seems especially true for domains that were involved in Steam item scams.

Ideally we would have a script that could check each domain's registration status by querying the whois database, then output the list with unregistered domains filtered out.

Ultimately, this would require some dev work, which is beyond my ability. I'd imagine some other list maintainer has already written such a script to solve this exact issue, and if so, I'd be interested to know where.

Hexxium commented 1 year ago

Would be happy to add the code for this to the repository if someone wants to create it, we can periodically remove dead domains if we have said tool, perhaps optionally add a 2nd list that keeps the dead domains if desired since you never know when they may return depending on what they are.