packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) (02/04/90)
Is there an index somewhere that identifies the geographical location and organization of each Usenet site sorted by net address? For example, for my site I would look up "gsfc.nasa.gov" and find Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA.
packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) (02/06/90)
Two people sent me e-mail suggesting I look in comp.mail.maps for this index. The raw data seems to be there to construct an index, but it there is no index there already. Eric Scott suggested by e-mail that uunet or rutgers could provide one (via anonymous ftp, I assume), since they maintain the data bases. I agree, it would be nice if they would provide it.
mcb@presto.IG.COM (Michael C. Berch) (02/06/90)
In the referenced article, packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes: > Is there an index somewhere that identifies the geographical > location and organization of each Usenet site sorted by > net address? For example, for my site I would look up > "gsfc.nasa.gov" and find Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, > Maryland, USA. If you are on the Internet, you have access to the "whois" database maintained by the DDN Network Information Center on the system nic.ddn.mil. There are two ways to access it: if your system supports the "whois" command (BSD and SunOS, at least), just type % whois <blurf> where <blurf> can be a host name, domain name, personal name, mailbox name, or whatever. If you don't have this, telnet to nic.ddn.mil, and at the TOP-20 prompt (you don't have to log in) type "whois" and you'll get the same information. For some reason gsfc.nasa.gov isn't indexed in this database (3rd level domains often aren't), but here's the info for (example) the host dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov: % whois dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center (DFTSRV) Hostname: DFTSRV.GSFC.NASA.GOV Address: 128.183.10.134 System: SUN/3 running ? Coordinator: Jha, Ashok (AJ29) jha@DFTNIC.GSFC.NASA.GOV (301) 286-9423 domain server Record last updated on 22-Jun-89. There is one registered user: Corsetti, Tom (TC112) tomc@DFTSRV.GSFC.NASA.GOV (301) 286-2188 To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@presto.ig.com / uunet!presto.ig.com!mcb / ames!bionet!mcb
tinkelman@ccavax.camb.com (02/07/90)
In article <Feb.5.16.33.15.1990.10077@presto.IG.COM>, mcb@presto.IG.COM
(Michael C. Berch) mentioned the whois service and gave directions on
accessing it via the `whois' command and via `telnet'.
You can also access the service using mail. This is of use to uucp
sites (and possibly bitnet sites?) off the Internet. I sent mail to
service@nic.ddn.mil with no text lines and with the subject
Subj: whois domain camb.com
and received back the mail attached after my signature.
--
Bob Tinkelman, Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc., 212-425-5830
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Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. (CAMB-DOM)
56 Beaver Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Domain Name: CAMB.COM
Administrative Contact:
Tinkelman, Robert P. (RPT8) TINKLEMAN@CCAVAX.CAMB.COM
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Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
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Domain servers in listed order:
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No known hosts under this secondary domain.cwilson@NISC.SRI.COM (Chan Wilson) (02/15/90)
In article <Feb.5.16.33.15.1990.10077@presto.IG.COM> mcb@presto.IG.COM (Michael C. Berch) writes: >In the referenced article, packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov >(Charles Packer) writes: >> Is there an index somewhere that identifies the geographical >> location and organization of each Usenet site sorted by >> net address? For example, for my site I would look up >> "gsfc.nasa.gov" and find Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, >> Maryland, USA. > >If you are on the Internet, you have access to the "whois" database >maintained by the DDN Network Information Center on the system >nic.ddn.mil. There are two ways to access it: if your system >supports the "whois" command (BSD and SunOS, at least), just type > > % whois <blurf> > >where <blurf> can be a host name, domain name, personal name, mailbox >name, or whatever. > >If you don't have this, telnet to nic.ddn.mil, and at the TOP-20 >prompt (you don't have to log in) type "whois" and you'll get the same >information. ...which happens to be down at the moment. :( However, DEC came out and replaced the bad drive, so it should be up by Thursday (2/15) morning. [...] > To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the > handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. You can also ask for help; it's fairly comprehensive. Another interesting utility is 'nslookup', if your system has it. It will give you the I-net number for the given host... % nslookup apple.com Server: NISC.SRI.COM Address: 192.33.33.51 Non-authoritative answer: Name: apple.com Address: 130.43.2.2 % >Michael C. Berch >mcb@presto.ig.com / uunet!presto.ig.com!mcb / ames!bionet!mcb --Chan ................ Chan Wilson -- cwilson@nisc.sri.com <or> radius!cwilson@apple.com Janitor/Architect of comp.binaries.apple2 archive on wuarchive.wustl.edu I don't speak for SRI, someone else does. ................