RIPEWHOIS(1)

NAME
ripewhois - TCP/IP Internet directory service, RIPE version

SYNOPSIS
ripewhois [ -aFSrR ] [ -h host ] [ -p port ] [ -i attributes ] [ -s sources ] [ -T types ] [ -L | -m | -M ] identifier ripewhois -t type ripewhois -v type

DESCRIPTION
ripewhois searches for an object in the RIPE Network Management database. The key can be either a name (such as "Karrenberg"),a nic-handle (such as "DK58"), a network number ("192.87.45.0/24") or a domain name ("ripe.net"). This version of the whois client works with a version of the RIPE database whois server that supports classless IP addresses. All IP network numbers are considered classless IP network numbers of the form prefix/length, like 192.87.45.0/24 for a class C sized network number and 128.86.0.0/16 for a class B sized network number. Any length can be given. If no length is given, the server assumes a host lookup (ie length 32). By default, the server will return the first less specific network number, which can be an exact match if available in the database.

OPTIONS

-a  This causes the server to include information from non-RIPE whois databases in the reply. Currently these are the public parts of the US NIC and NSFnet databases. Please note that the RIPE NCC does not maintain these databases. The information is included for for your convenience only.

-F  fast output. Force the whois server to not reformat the output. This can save time for large objects. The output of the RIPE whois server will be in two letter short form. This option implies -r.

-h host
    Select alternate host to direct the query

-p port
    Connect to port 'port'

-L  lookup all less specific networks. Has effect only when looking up IP network numbers.

-m  lookup first level more specific networks. Has effect only when looking up IP network numbers.

-M  lookup all more specific networks. Has effect only when looking up IP network numbers.

-r  non-recursive lookup. This will cause the server to not lookup referenced objects.

-R  suppress referrals. Forces local copy of a domain object to be shown even if it contains referral.

-i attributes
    attributes is a comma separated list of attributes. the whois server will return all objects that match the search keys in one of these attributes.

-s sources
    sources is a comma separated list of database sources. The whois server will only search the databases that match the specified sources.

-S  requests the server to leave out "syntactic sugar" that may normally be inserted in some database objects.

-t type
    requests the server to send a template for an object with type "type".

-v type
    requests the server to send a verbose template for an object with type "type".

-T types
    types is a comma separated list of object types. requests the server to only send back objects that match one of the "types".

EXAMPLES

example% ripewhois karrenberg

    person: Daniel Karrenberg
    address: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
    address: Kruislaan 409
    address: NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam
    address: Netherlands
    phone: +31 20 5925065
    fax-no: +31 20 5925155
    e-mail: dfk@ripe.net
    nic-hdl: DK58
    changed: dfk@ripe.net 920407
    changed: ripe-dbm@ripe.net 920407
    source: RIPE

    example% ripewhois -h whois.ripe.net -r 192.87.45.0/24

    inetnum: 192.87.45.0
    netname: RIPE-NCC
    descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
    descr: Amsterdam, Netherlands
    country: NL
    admin-c: Daniel Karrenberg
    tech-c: Marten Terpstra
    connect: RIPE NSF WCW
    aut-sys: AS3333
    ias-int: 192.87.45.80 AS1104
    ias-int: 192.87.45.6 AS2122
    ias-int: 192.87.45.254 AS2600
    rev-srv: ns.ripe.net
    rev-srv: ns.eu.net
    notify: ops@ripe.net
    changed: tony@ripe.net 940110
    source: RIPE

RIPE VERSION
This is the RIPE version of the whois client program. This is intended for European users as it will query a RIPE whois server by default rather than the US NIC whois server. For questions refer to <ncc@ripe.net>. For more information about the RIPE database please also refer to <ncc@ripe.net> This version also includes a compiled-in option to find secondary RIPE database servers closer to your machine, if there are any.

BUGS
Most of the extra flags are ONLY supported by the RIPE whois server, or copies of the same version of the software. Usage of these flags may cause errors on other whois servers.