whois
whois supports all protocol extensions (RIPE, 6bone, CRSNIC) with the familiar RIPE command line interface and IPv6 support. It also automagically queries the right registry for all domains and most netblocks.
| Tags | Internet DNS |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 14 Aug 2006 13:57
Changes: This release fixes the parsing of hostname+port, which was broken by 4.7.14. It adds the .gp, .ni, and .tn TLD servers, and updates the .bh, .bn, .ec, .gy, .im, .kw, .mu, .ph, .pr, .py, .ve, and .vu TLD servers.
- 30 Sep 2005 08:22
Changes: This release adds the .jpn.com, .web.com, .bj, .ht, and .ky TLD servers, updates the .kz, .mo, .sb, .sn, .uy, and .uz TLD servers, adds support for the -afrinic, -idnic, and -uynic NIC handles, checks the whole hide_strings[] and updates when needed, and adds some preliminary and non-working support for libxcrypt to mkpasswd.
- 10 Apr 2004 17:54
Changes: This release fixes the DENIC code.
- 19 Feb 2004 17:41
Changes: This release removed the .ac.cn SLD, added support for 6to4 IPv6 addresses, updated 145/8 after ERX transfer, and added IDN support.
- 25 Jun 2003 14:25
Changes: The Polish translation and the PIR server parser have been updated. A French translation and support for the .dj TLD have been added. Netsol disclaimer strings have been fixed.
not-available
30 Oct 1999 11:36
Heartbeat
- Popularity Score
- 245.00
- Vitality Score
- 7.12
- Subscriptions
- 106
- All comments
Recent commentsDownload/Homepage URL
The current URL states it's accessible via HTTP however this doesn't seem to be working at the moment. You can access it via FTP though:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/
Re: slowwwwwwww
> This client takes an insane amount of
> time to do whois
> queries. I've tried 4.6.2 and 4.6.3. I'm
> wondering where I
> find the 'normal' whois client that
> responds almost
> immediately. Any ideas on how to fix
> this problem or where
> to find the 'normal' whois client?
I can only see it being slow if you're trying to do a whois on a domain that has a slow whois server. This whois program queries the proper whois servers (rather than you having to know them yourself) which makes it a bit slower, but it is about a million times better than the whois program you think you want.
slowwwwwwww
This client takes an insane amount of time to do whois
queries. I've tried 4.6.2 and 4.6.3. I'm wondering where I
find the 'normal' whois client that responds almost
immediately. Any ideas on how to fix this problem or where
to find the 'normal' whois client?
Wouldn't be without it...
This prog is an absolute lifesaver. I attempted to scan *.au host records for ages before I found this in 2000; kudos to the developer.
RedHat 7.1 package
I built RedHat RPM packages for whois.
Source and i386 binary packages are at:
ftp://dan.drydog.com/pub/swhoisd/
or
dan.drydog.com/swhoisd/
Also there is Swhoisd, Simple Whois Daemon.