Section H-7. whois


H-7. whois

The whois command is used to obtain domain name registrar information:

 $ jwhois yahoo.com Registrant:        Yahoo! Inc.        (DOM-272993)        701 First Avenue Sunnyvale        CA        94089 US      Domain Name: yahoo.com          Registrar Name: Alldomains.com        Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com        Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com      Administrative Contact:        Domain Administrator        (NIC-1382062)        Yahoo! Inc.        701 First Avenue Sunnyvale        CA        94089 US        domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:        Domain Administrator        (NIC-1372925)        Yahoo! Inc.        701 First Avenue Sunnyvale        CA        94089 US        domainadmin@yahoo-inc.com +1.4083493300 Fax- +1.4083493301      Created on..............: 1995-Jan-18.    Expires on..............: 2012-Jan-19.    Record last updated on..: 2005-Apr-05 16:34:22.      Domain servers in listed order:      NS4.YAHOO.COM               63.250.206.138    NS5.YAHOO.COM               216.109.116.17    NS1.YAHOO.COM               66.218.71.63    NS2.YAHOO.COM               66.163.169.170    NS3.YAHOO.COM               217.12.4.104 

If you are troubleshooting and the path takes you across a network that you have no control over, you can use whois to find out whom to contact for a domain. While this isn't 100% accurate, it is better than nothing.




Essential SNMP
Essential SNMP, Second Edition
ISBN: 0596008406
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 165

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