emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (07/27/90)
In article <90.207.20:58:20@ira.uka.de> nipper@iramu1.ira.uka.de (Arnold Nipper) writes:
From: nipper@iramu1.ira.uka.de (Arnold Nipper)
Organization: University of Karlsuhe, West-Germany
[Rough translation from the original German. If you want a feed
of dnet.inet or any of the other German groups let me know.]
Now there's a new "whois" database. It includes (among other
things) the information in NETWORK-CONTACTS.TXT.1 from nic.ddn.mil.
That includes all of the assigned network numbers as of about
a week ago. Access the database remotely with
whois -h iramu1.ira.uka.de <key>
or interactively as
telnet iramu1.ira.uka.de [129.13.10.92] login: whois
Instead of "whois -h iramu1.ira.uka.de" you could also say
"telnet 129.13.10.92 43", this command connects you to the
whois port. Doing it this way only lets you make one query.
(Only interesting for sites without name servers or corresponding
entries in /etc/hosts file.)
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[translation by]
Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
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