WHOIS utility
WHOIS utility allows you to find owner of domain name or IP address. It supports HTTPS, SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 5 proxies.
| Usage: | whois [-rev] [-norec] [-ieproxy] [-<proxy_type>=addr:port] domain [whois.server] |
| where | <proxy_type> can be one of the following values: https, sock4, sock5 |
| -rev - IP Reverse Lookup | |
| -norec - don't query Registrator's Whois Server |
| Examples: | whois microsoft.com |
| whois -rev microsoft.com | |
| whois 207.46.232.182 | |
| whois yahoo.com whois.crsnic.net | |
| whois -ieproxy yahoo.com | |
| whois -https=192.168.0.1:3128 google.com | |
| whois -sock4=192.168.0.1:1080 google.com whois.crsnic.net:43 |
Whois Specific RFC's:
RFC 954 - NICNAME/WHOIS
RFC 1834 - Whois and Network Information Lookup Service, Whois++
RFC 2167 - Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5