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authorobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 22:51:17 +0000
committerobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-02 22:51:17 +0000
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Tell people how to look up NIC handle information these days (for the two
cases I know about -- Netsol and ARIN).
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@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ database. It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
covered neither by
.Tn APNIC nor by
.Tn RIPE .
+Contact (handle) information should be looked up by appending "-ARIN" to the
+NIC handle:
+.Pp
+.D1 Ic $ whois -a foo3-ARIN
+.Pp
.It Fl d
Use the US Department of Defense
database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of
@@ -98,6 +103,11 @@ Also, note that the InterNIC database
is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc.
For details, see:
http://www.internic.net/.
+Contact (handle) information should be looked up by prefixing "handle " to the
+NIC handle in the querry:
+.Pp
+.D1 Ic $ whois -i 'handle foo3'
+.Pp
.It Fl m
Use the Route Arbiter Database
.Pq Tn RADB
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