Prefix WhoIs
The Prefix WhoIs Project provides a whois-compatible client and server framework for disclosing various up-to-date routing information via a familiar whois interface. Instead of using registrar-originated information (which is often unspecific or inaccurate), it uses the Internet's global routing table as gleaned from a number of routing peers around the network. The software consists of a 'pWhoIsd' server that responds to queries using a variety of output formats including pWhoIs-native, Cymru, and RPSL, the 'pWhoIs-updatedb' agent that parses routing information bases (RIBs) from Internet routers and populates a relational database, and the 'WhoB' command-line whois client.
Recent releases
- 26 May 2009 22:25
Changes: This release has the ability to parse MRT dumps in addition to text RIBs. There is support for two additional RPSL-based import formats for RIR data. The documentation has been updated.
- 18 May 2007 11:19
Changes: Completely rewritten in C as a multi-threaded server. Significant performance improvements. New IP geolocation database support.
- 11 Apr 2005 23:08
Changes: This release fixes some database insertion routines in pwhois-updatedb. It significantly improves the routeview commands and some administration features. The documentation was also updated.
- 08 Apr 2005 23:27
No changes have been submitted for this release.
