Xref: utzoo comp.mail.misc:3730 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:12350 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: whois Database Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 90 05:58:24 GMT References: <90.207.20:58:20@ira.uka.de> Sender: usenet@math.lsa.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 35 In-Reply-To: nipper@iramu1.ira.uka.de's message of Thu, 26 Jul 90 20:58:20 GMT In article <90.207.20:58:20@ira.uka.de> nipper@iramu1.ira.uka.de (Arnold Nipper) writes: From: nipper@iramu1.ira.uka.de (Arnold Nipper) Organization: University of Karlsuhe, West-Germany [Rough translation from the original German. If you want a feed of dnet.inet or any of the other German groups let me know.] Now there's a new "whois" database. It includes (among other things) the information in NETWORK-CONTACTS.TXT.1 from nic.ddn.mil. That includes all of the assigned network numbers as of about a week ago. Access the database remotely with whois -h iramu1.ira.uka.de or interactively as telnet iramu1.ira.uka.de [129.13.10.92] login: whois Instead of "whois -h iramu1.ira.uka.de" you could also say "telnet 129.13.10.92 43", this command connects you to the whois port. Doing it this way only lets you make one query. (Only interesting for sites without name servers or corresponding entries in /etc/hosts file.) ******************************************************************************* Arnold Nipper ** Universitaet Karlsruhe, Am Fasanengarten 5 * nipper@ira.uka.de XLINK, Inst. fuer Betr.- und Dialogsysteme, D-7500 Karlsruhe * +49 721 608 4331 ******************************************************************************* -- [translation by] Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept comp.archives moderator