On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > i want to find the admin contact for kauhava.fi.
finland... > Received: from smtp.kauhava.fi (bt187.netikka.fi [213.250.107.187]) > by landau.ucdavis.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA00562 > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 02:26:28 -0700 > i queried arin.net, networksolutions.com, whois.ncst.ernet.in, internic.net > whois databases with no success. > > how does one find out which whois server is responsible for a given domain > name? I think Eurpoe = RIPE NIC/whois servers... http://www.apnic.net/maps/tld-list.html I tried a lookup with the ".fi" extention, with no success, but drop the fi ext: whois -h whois.ripe.net kauhava Even the RIPE folks would not take it with the .fi, but the block / range does match with the host name in tyour header: http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?213.250.105.0+-+213.250.107.255 inetnum: 213.250.105.0 - 213.250.107.255 netname: SYO descr: Suomen Yrittajaopisto is a business school descr: in Kauhava. country: FI admin-c: TS20529-RIPE tech-c: JK24-RIPE mnt-by: VLP-VLT-MNT status: ASSIGNED PA notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20010904 source: RIPE also, drop the "fi" and you get: http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?query=-a+kauhava inetnum: 213.250.112.0 - 213.250.113.255 netname: Kauhava descr: Kauhava is a town in the Vaasa area. country: FI admin-c: RH15701-RIPE tech-c: JK24-RIPE mnt-by: VLP-VLT-MNT status: ASSIGNED PA notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20010827 source: RIPE Then IN ADDR ARPA form shows something else: person: Johan Kaustinen address: Vaasan Laanin Puhelin OY address: Simukkatie 6 address: 65100-Vaasa address: Finland phone: +358 6 411 3105 fax-no: +358 6 317 0146 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] nic-hdl: JK24-RIPE notify: [EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 20000428 source: RIPE
