🚀 go-pugleaf

In <Bx5Gn9.M9F.2@cs.cmu.edu> pjm@SPEECH.CS.CMU.EDU (Pedro J. Moreno) asks:

> 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 database at nic.ddn.mil should have a record for the network on 
which an IP address is found.  The query follows standard whois syntax, 
i.e., whois "string", but in this case string would be the network number 
rather than a string of letters.

For example, your host, speech.cs.cmu.edu, is 128.2.254.145.  If I had only 
that IP address, and wanted some idea of where it might be, I could ask

$ whois 128.2.0.0

and receive

Carnegie-Mellon University (NET-CMU-NET)
   Computer Science Department
   Schenley Park
   Pittsburgh, PA 15213
   Netname: CMU-NET
   Netnumber: 128.2.0.0
   Coordinator:
      Parker, Paul  (PP)  Paul.Parker@CS.CMU.EDU      (412) 268-7683
   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
   PAPAYA.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU        128.2.222.199
   GUAVA.SRV.CS.CMU.EDU         128.2.250.187
   FARADAY.ECE.CMU.EDU          128.2.251.2
   NETSERVER.ANDREW.CMU.EDU     128.2.35.50
   Record last updated on 14-Jan-91.