Hello, Matthew McGehrin wrote: |On FreeBSD you can use the -a flag with the same results. Linux still uses |the older format. | |i.e.: whois -a 204.70.128.1 The '-a' and '-h' flags do work well. However, the following syntax appears to be fairly standard between whois versions, thus eliminating the need to remember which flag to use, and to also give you the ability to define the whois server you wish to query: % whois 204.70.128.1at_private You can substitute 'arin' with 'ripe' or 'apnic', etc (^arin^ripe). The results will me similar to what Matthew listed within his previous email. From a web perspective, I also like (takes the guess work, or leg work, out of figuring out if one should be using, ripe, apnic, etc): http://www.geektools.com/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi Lastly, for helping confirm abuse contacts, abuse.net has a good database of registered abuse contacts (based upond domain name) at: http://www.abuse.net/lookup.phtml Hope this helps. Regards, Steve
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