207 lines
5.9 KiB
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207 lines
5.9 KiB
Groff
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.\" From: @(#)whois.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 17, 1999
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.Dt WHOIS 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm whois
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.Nd "Internet domain name and network number directory service"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl adgimpQrR6
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.Op Fl h Ar host
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.Ar name ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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looks up records in the databases maintained by several
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Network Information Centers
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.Pq Tn NICs .
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world covered neither by
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.Tn APNIC
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nor by
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.Tn RIPE .
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Contact (handle) information should be looked up by appending
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.Qq Li -ARIN
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to the NIC handle:
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.Pp
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.Dl "$ whois -a foo3-ARIN"
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.Pp
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.It Fl d
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Use the US Department of Defense
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database.
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It contains points of contact for subdomains of
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.Pa .MIL .
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.It Fl g
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Use the US non-military federal government database, which contains points of
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contact for subdomains of
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.Pa .GOV .
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.It Fl h Ar host
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Use the specified host instead of the default variant.
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Either a host name or an IP address may be specified.
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.Pp
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By default
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.Nm
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constructs the name of a whois server to use from the top-level domain
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.Pq Tn TLD
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of the supplied (single) argument, and appending
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.Qq Li .whois-servers.net .
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This effectively allows a suitable whois server to be selected
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automatically for a large number of TLDs.
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.Pp
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In the event that an IP
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address is specified, the whois server will default to the American
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Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Tn ARIN .
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If a query to
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.Tn ARIN
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references
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.Tn APNIC
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or
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.Tn RIPE ,
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that server will be queried also, provided that the
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.Fl Q
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option is not specified.
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.Pp
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If the query is not a domain name or IP address,
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.Nm
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will fall back to
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.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
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.It Fl i
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Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers
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.Pq Pa whois.networksolutions.com
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of
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.Pa .COM , .NET , .ORG
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and
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.Pa .EDU
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domains.
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.Pp
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.Sy NOTE !
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The registration of these domains is now done by a number of
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independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information
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on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc.
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Also, note that the
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.Tn InterNIC
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database
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.Pq Pa whois.internic.net
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is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.
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For details, see
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.Pa http://www.internic.net/ .
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.Pp
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Contact (handle) information should be looked up by prefixing
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.Qq Li "handle "
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to the NIC handle in the querry:
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.Pp
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.Dl "$ whois -i 'handle foo3'"
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.Pp
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.It Fl m
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Use the Route Arbiter Database
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.Pq Tn RADB
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database.
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It contains route policy specifications for a large
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number of operators' networks.
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.It Fl p
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Use the Asia/Pacific Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn APNIC
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database.
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It contains network numbers used in East Asia, Australia,
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New Zealand, and the Pacific islands.
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.It Fl Q
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Do a quick lookup.
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This means that
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.Nm
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will not attempt to lookup the name in the authoritative whois
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server (if one is listed) nor will it contact InterNic if a lookup
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fails.
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This flag has no effect when combined with any other flag.
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.It Fl r
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Use the R\(aaeseaux IP Europ\(aaeens
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.Pq Tn RIPE
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for Europe.
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.It Fl R
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Use the Russia Network Information Center
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.Pq Tn RIPN
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database.
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information
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for subdomains of
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.Pa .RU .
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.It Fl 6
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Use the IPv6 Resource Center
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.Pq Tn 6bone
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database.
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It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network.
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.El
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.Pp
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The operands specified to
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.Nm
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are concatenated together (separated by white-space) and presented to
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the
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.Nm
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server.
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.Pp
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The default action, unless directed otherwise with a special
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.Ar name ,
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is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to
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.Ar name
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in all types of records and most fields (name, nicknames, hostname, net
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address, etc.) in the database.
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For more information as to what
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.Ar name
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operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use
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the special name
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.Dq Li help .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Rs
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.%A Ken Harrenstien
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.%A Vic White
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.%T NICNAME/WHOIS
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.%D 1 March 1982
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.%O RFC 812
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.Re
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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