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Article #2155Re: help on IP address
From: David J. Hughes
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 04:48
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 04:48
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pjm@SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU (Pedro J. Moreno) writes:
>I have an IP address, and I want to know to what organization
>it corresponds.
>
>What database could I access dor this purpose??
The whois server at nic.ddn.mil will tell you what you want to know.
For example, to look up the organisation associated with our B Class
network, one would use :-
bambi @ fiddich:/home/bambi> whois -h nic.ddn.mil 131.244
Bond University (NET-BOND-UN1)
Cloverdale Drive
Burleigh Forest
Queensland 4226
AUSTRALIA
Netname: BOND-UN1
Netnumber: 131.244.0.0
Coordinator:
Hughes, David J. (DJH57) bambi@BU.OZ.AU
+61 75 951450
Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
KIRK.BU.OZ.AU 131.244.1.1
SURF.SICS.BU.OZ.AU 131.244.8.20
CUSCUS.CC.UQ.OZ.AU 130.102.128.43
Record last updated on 06-Oct-92.
Not only do you get the organisation name but also contact details for
an "informed" person at the site.
___ David J. Hughes bambi@bu.oz.au
/ \ / / /
/ __/ __ __ ____/ / / __ Senior Network Programmer
/ \ / \ / \ / / / / / \ / Comms Development & Operation
\____/ \__// / \__/ \___/ / / / AUSTRALIA (+61 75 951450)
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!kirk!bambi From: bambi@bu.oz.au (David J. Hughes) Subject: Re: help on IP address Message-ID: <1992Nov5.044819.20217@kirk.bu.oz.au> Organization: ITS, Bond University References: <Bx5Gn9.M9F.2@cs.cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 04:48:19 GMT Lines: 45