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Re: whois

  • From: Perry E. Metzger
  • Date: Mon Feb 16 12:56:31 1998 
Bill Becker writes:
> Have i Missed Something or is whois broke today?

You missed something. If you want whois data on IP addresses or ASNs,
you have to get it from whois.arin.net

.pm

> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> biteme:~$ whois 38
> [rs.internic.net]
> No match for "38".
> 
> The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY non-military 
> Domains and
> POC's.  Other associated whois servers:
>   American Registry for Internet Numbers whois server - whois.arin.net
>   European IP Address Allocations whois server - whois.ripe.net
>   US Military whois server - whois.nic.mil
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Oh well.
>
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