Retrieve WHOIS (an Internet resource
AI agents call whois to retrieve information from Pangea MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
WHOIS is a standard read-only lookup service for domain name registration data. The verb 'Retrieve' confirms this is a data retrieval operation with no side effects, creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. This falls squarely into the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'whois' with description starting 'Retrieve WHOIS (an Internet resource' indicates a query/lookup operation that retrieves public domain registration information without modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Retrieve WHOIS (an Internet resource. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pangea MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pangea MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for whois: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Pangea MCP Server. Nothing to install.
whois is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the whois rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for whois. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
whois is provided by the Pangea MCP Server MCP server (pangeacyber/pangea-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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