John,
Give this URL a try. I've always had good results from the this.
Mark
http://www.arin.net/whois/arinwhois.html
John Wolford wrote:
>
> Thanks, but that doesn't seem to work on my box:
>
> [john@homer john]$ whois 24.113.229.
> [whois.networksolutions.com]
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> NO MATCH: This domain is available!
>
> Go to www.networksolutions.com to register it now!
>
> [john@homer john]$
>
> Maybe i need to add a switch of some sort?
> j
>
> --- Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, John Wolford wrote:
> >
> > > This might be a bit off-topic (well ok it is).
> > >
> > > If i have the ip address of a host that has been, say, port-scanning me, and i
>want to find
> > out
> > > what "ip block" it belongs to, how do i do that? I don't neccessarily mean class
>A, B or C.
> > For
> > > example, i had the above scenario occur. I tried to find out who had authority
>over that ip
> > but
> > > the best i could come up with was something like gt.ca. Then i wander over to my
>Windows box
> > where
> >
> >
> > whois 13.25.
> >
> > will give you the domains that are connected with that blockof IPs
> >
> >
>
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