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WHOIS is a TCP-based query and response protocol that is commonly used to provide information services to Internet users. It returns information about the registered Domain Names, an IP address block, Name Servers and a much wider range of information services.
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In Linux, the whois command line utility is a WHOIS client for communicating with the WHOIS server (or database host) which listen to requests on the well-known port number 43, which stores and delivers database content in a human-readable format.
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Read Also: 10 Linux Dig (Domain Information Groper) Commands to Query DNS
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whois command line utility does not come pre-installed on many Linux distributions, run the appropriate command below for your distribution to install it.
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# yum install whoistt#RHEL/CentOSrn# dnf install whoistt#Fedora 22+rn$ sudo apt install whoist#Debian/Ubunturn
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How to Find IP Address Information
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To get the information about specific IP Address issue the command as shown in the below example.
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$ whois 216.58.206.46rnrn#rn# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Usern# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.htmlrn#rn# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report atrn# https://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtmlrn#rnrnrn#rn# The following results may also be obtained via:rn# https://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=216.58.206.46?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&showNonArinTopLevelNet=false&ext=netref2rn#rnrnNetRange: 216.58.192.0 - 216.58.223.255rnCIDR: 216.58.192.0/19rnNetName: GOOGLErnNetHandle: NET-216-58-192-0-1rnParent: NET216 (NET-216-0-0-0-0)rnNetType: Direct AllocationrnOriginAS: AS15169rnOrganization: Google LLC (GOGL)rnRegDate: 2012-01-27rnUpdated: 2012-01-27rnRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-216-58-192-0-1rnrnrnrnOrgName: Google LLCrnOrgId: GOGLrnAddress: 1600 Amphitheatre ParkwayrnCity: Mountain ViewrnStateProv: CArnPostalCode: 94043rnCountry: USrnRegDate: 2000-03-30rnUpdated: 2017-12-21rnRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/GOGLrn...rn
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How to Find Domain Information
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To get the information about the registered domain, simply issue the following command with the domain name. It will retrieve domain data including availability, ownership, creation, expiration details, name servers, etc.
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$ whois google.comrnrnDomain Name: GOOGLE.COMrn Registry Domain ID: 2138514_DOMAIN_COM-VRSNrn Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.comrn Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.comrn Updated Date: 2011-07-20T16:55:31Zrn Creation Date: 1997-09-15T04:00:00Zrn Registry Expiry Date: 2020-09-14T04:00:00Zrn Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.rn Registrar IANA ID: 292rn Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [emailxa0protected]rn Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2083895740rn Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibitedrn Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibitedrn Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibitedrn Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibitedrn Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibitedrn Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibitedrn Name Server: NS1.GOOGLE.COMrn Name Server: NS2.GOOGLE.COMrn Name Server: NS3.GOOGLE.COMrn Name Server: NS4.GOOGLE.COMrn....rn
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The formatting of information will differ based on the WHOIS server used. In addition, one downside of WHOIS is the lack of full access to the data, therefore check out these useful guides for querying DNS information in Linux:
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- Useful ‘host’ Command Examples for Querying DNS Lookups
- 8 Linux Nslookup Commands to Troubleshoot DNS (Domain Name Server)
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