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Add PublicZone WHOIS server support (pseudo-sld) #196

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Hello!

Could you please add PublicZone WHOIS server support to the whois client?

WHOIS server

whois43.publiczone.org

Supported suffixes

.int.al
.nyc.mn
.cn.st
.ac.hm

Example query

$ whois --host whois43.publiczone.org ortech.nyc.mn

Sample response (truncated)

Domain Name: ORTECH.NYC.MN
Registry Domain ID: D4130-PZ
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.publiczone.org
Registrar URL: https://publiczone.org
Creation Date: 2025-12-28T20:35:08.000Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2124-12-28T20:35:08.000Z
Registrar: Public Zone Registry

Clarification:
PublicZone's suffixes are NOT gTLDs/ccTLDs, but regular private domains. That's why we are under the PRIVATE section of Mozilla's Public Suffix List: https://publiczone.org/.

Thank you for maintaining whois; this would help improve compatibility with newer public registries.

This will fix #188

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