Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:53:01 -0800 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: "Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)" <nwolff@oar.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Subject: Re: whois utility Message-ID: <CADV=szVmBVbzSeuhR-ijnK6ZEqre-L215UWB042iS%2Bc3CR3ANA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D0F7FDBB.15B92%wolff.261@osu.edu> References: <ACE72E703D378641812A4DF9E026803AB632B1@inelhqMAIL.stc.corp> <54D29229.6070004@hiwaay.net> <D0F7FDBB.15B92%wolff.261@osu.edu>
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One is more specific than the other; the smaller is likely a customer of the larger. I used to use whois -h whois.arin.net back in the day. Brian On Feb 4, 2015 2:08 PM, "Wolff, Nicholas (Nick)" <nwolff@oar.net> wrote: > > > On 2/4/15, 4:42 PM, "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > >On 02/04/15 15:27, John Ratliff wrote: > >> I have a FreeBSD 9.2 server and I=C2=B9m trying to use whois on an IP > >>address, but it tells me my query terms are ambiguous, gives me two > >>results, but gives me no details on the results. How can I get the > >>detail for these response? > >> > >> Ex: > >> > >> $ whois 68.68.90.0 > >> > >> # > >> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > >> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > >> # > >> # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > >> # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > >> # > >> > >> > >> # > >> # Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: > >> # "n 68.68.90.0" > >> # > >> # Use "?" to get help. > >> # > >> > >> # > >> # The following results may also be obtained via: > >> # > >> > http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=3D68.68.90.0?showDetails=3Dtrue&showARI= N=3Dfa > >>lse&ext=3Dnetref2 > >> # > >> > >> Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - > >>68.68.95.255 > >> BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 > >>- 68.68.91.255 > >> > >> > >> > >> # > >> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > >> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > >> # > >> # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > >> # http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > >> # > >> > >> I want the information contained within the BG Telecom Holdings result= . > >>How can I get whois to display this? On my Linux servers, whois shows > >>the full results for both entries, so I can at least scroll through. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> John Ratliff > >> Systems Engineer > >> Office: (812) 935-2491 > >> john.ratliff@smithville.com | smithville.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > >I'm on 9.3Rp5 & I've been getting those messages the whole time, I think > >they are benign .... FWIW, I get the same output on my box: > > > >[root@kabini1, /etc, 3:40:50pm] 483 % whois 68.68.90.0 > > > ># > ># ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > ># available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > ># > ># If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > ># http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > ># > > > > > ># > ># Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: > ># "n 68.68.90.0" > ># > ># Use "?" to get help. > ># > > > ># > ># The following results may also be obtained via: > ># > > > http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=3D68.68.90.0?showDetails=3Dtrue&showARI= N=3Dfal > >se&ext=3Dnetref2 > ># > > > >Smithville Digital, LLC SDL-BLK-4 (NET-68-68-80-0-1) 68.68.80.0 - > >68.68.95.255 > >BG Telecom Holdings, LLC SDL-BGTEL-BLK-1 (NET-68-68-90-0-1) 68.68.90.0 - > >68.68.91.255 > > > > > > > ># > ># ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use > ># available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html > ># > ># If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at > ># http://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml > ># > > > >[root@kabini1, /etc, 3:40:57pm] 484 % > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > William A. Mahaffey III > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war > > ever devised by man." > > -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > If you add a plus in front of the query it will expand the answers. This > maybe an ARIN only thing not sure. > > $ whois "+ 68.68.90.0" > > > You can lookup ARINs help by doing with the -a telling whois to query > ARINs server. > > $ whois -a "?" > > A final option is passing the NET to ARIN so it knows what object to brin= g > up. I found this by looking at the query where you got back two > possibilities. > > $ whois -a NET-68-68-90-0-1 > > There probably is a simpler way to get back one specific cidr record but = I > couldn=C2=B9t get it to work. > > =E2=80=B9Nick Wolff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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