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.Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service |
.Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Nm whois |
.Nm whois |
.Op Fl adgilmpqQrR |
.Op Fl adgilmpqQrR6 |
.Op Fl h Ar host |
.Op Fl c Ar country-code | Fl h Ar host |
.Ar name Op Ar ... |
.Ar name Op Ar ... |
.Sh DESCRIPTION |
.Sh DESCRIPTION |
.Nm |
.Nm |
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covered neither by |
covered neither by |
.Tn APNIC nor by |
.Tn APNIC nor by |
.Tn RIPE . |
.Tn RIPE . |
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.It Fl c Ar country-code |
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This is the equivalent of using the |
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.Fl h |
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option with an argument of |
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.Qq Ar country-code Ns Li .whois-servers.net . |
.It Fl d |
.It Fl d |
Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network |
Use the (US Military) Defense Data Network |
.Pq Tn DDN |
.Pq Tn DDN |
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It contains network numbers and domain contact information |
It contains network numbers and domain contact information |
for subdomains of |
for subdomains of |
.Tn \&.RU Ns . |
.Tn \&.RU Ns . |
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.It Fl 6 |
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Use the IPv6 Resource Center |
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.Pq Tn 6bone |
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database. |
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It contains network names and addresses for the IPv6 network. |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The operands specified to |
The operands specified to |
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operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use |
operands have special meaning, and how to guide the search, use |
the special name |
the special name |
.Dq help . |
.Dq help . |
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.Sh EXAMPLES |
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Most types of data, such as domain names and |
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.Tn IP |
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addresses, can be used as arguments to |
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.Nm |
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without any options, and |
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.Nm |
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will choose the correct whois server to query. |
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Some exceptions, where |
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.Nm |
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will not be able to handle data correctly, are detailed below. |
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.Pp |
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To obtain contact information about an |
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administrator located in the Russian |
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.Tn TLD |
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domain |
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.Qq Li RU , |
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use the |
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.Fl c |
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option as shown in the following example, where |
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.Ar CONTACT-ID |
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is substituted with the actual contact identifier. |
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.Pp |
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.Dl "whois -c RU CONTACT-ID" |
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.Pp |
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(Note: This example is specific to the |
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.Tn TLD |
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.Qq Li RU , |
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but other |
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.Tn TLDs |
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can be queried by using a similar syntax.) |
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.Pp |
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The following example demonstrates how to obtain information about an |
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.Tn IPv6 |
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address or hostname using the |
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.Fl 6 |
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option, which directs the query to |
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.Tn 6bone . |
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.Pp |
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.Dl "whois -6 IPv6-IP-Address" |
.Sh SEE ALSO |
.Sh SEE ALSO |
RFC 812: Nicname/Whois |
.Rs |
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.%A Ken Harrenstien |
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.%A Vic White |
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.%T NICNAME/WHOIS |
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.%D 1 March 1982 |
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.%O RFC 812 |
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.Re |
.Sh HISTORY |
.Sh HISTORY |
The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |