Re: [expert] info

[Daniel Woods]

> whois <ipaddress>@whois.arin.net
> Internic doesn't maintain a return address lookup
> directory. They only maintain the NAME lookup. i.e., you
> can lookup "linux-mandrake.com" but you can't lookup
> 216.71.116.161 at internic (or more properly
> networksolutions.com) and find out that the IP address in
> question translates to www.linux-mandrake.com.

if you enter this command at a unix prompt...
    host linux-mandrake.com
you get this result...
    linux-mandrake.com is 216.71.116.161

Thanks... Dan.