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whob(8)                   BSD System Manager's Manual                  whob(8)


NAME

     whob -- display whois-type information of interest to Internet operators


SYNOPSIS

     whob [-h whois-server] [-g] [-AaCcfhNnOopRrstuVv] query


DESCRIPTION

     whob queries various sources of whois information for data of interest to
     network operators and their tracing and debugging tools.

     whob output is designed to be easily parsed, or better yet, its function-
     ality can be added directly into your programs (see whois.h).

     The only mandatory parameter is the target host name or IP number.
     Options toggle the display of more interesting data or change the sources
     used to obtain that data.

     One key advantage of whob is its lookup of ASN information derived from
     the global Internet routing table itself, as opposed to relying solely on
     what has been registered in the RADB/IRR (see below).  This data is, by
     default, sourced from the global pWhoIs service.  See www.pwhois.org

     Other options are:

     -A ASN  Display all routing advertisements transiting the respective ASN.
             The ASN may be supplied as the target argument, or a hostname or
             IP address may be supplied and whob will resolve the ASN automat-
             ically.

     -a ASN  Display all routing advertisements made by the respective Origin-
             AS.  The Origin-AS may be supplied as the target argument, or a
             hostname or IP address may be supplied and whob will resolve the
             ASN automatically.

     -P prefix
             Display all routing advertisements related to the CIDR prefix
             supplied by the user.

     -N ASN  Display all networks registered to the ASN supplied by the user.

     -O ASN  Display all contact information on file for the ASN supplied by
             the user.

     -g      Disable GIGO mode.  By popular request, whob takes input directly
             from the command line and passes it without modification to
             pWhoIs or whatever whois server is requested (-h).  The exact
             output is returned without any parsing.  To enable parsing and
             the other useful switches, disable GIGO mode by passing this (-g)
             option.

     -R      Display the Origin-AS on record at the RADB/IRR (Routing Arbiter
             Database/Internet Routing Registry) in addition the the Origin-AS
             provided by the prefix-based whois data source.

     -n      Display the network name on record with the IP network allocation
             registry also such as ARIN, RIPE, or APNIC.

     -o      Display the organization name on file at the registrar.

     -p      Display the AS-Path from the perspective of the current pwhois
             server.  The pwhois server may automatically exclude the initial,
             least specific ASN received from the operator of the network to
             which it is connected (unless that ASN is the only/origin ASN or
             unless it has multiple peers). Of course, this AS-Path is subjec-
             tive.  If you rely on this and want AS-Paths that correspond to
             *your* network infrastructure, you may want to install your own
             pwhois server.  See the (-w) option and www.pwhois.org

     -t      Display the date the route was last cached by the pWhoIs server.

     -u      When possible, display dates in UTC/GMT instead of local time.

     -h/w host
             Change the source of prefix-based whois data from the default
             (pWhoIs) to any whois-compatible server of your choice (like your
             own).

     -f file
             Read from the specified file (or from stdin if the argument is
             '-') and submit its contents as bulk input to pwhois.  The input
             will be buffered accordingly and subject to the constraints of
             the current pwhois server.  Output is written to STDOUT (which
             may be redirected) and will not be parsed.  Additional instruc-
             tions to pwhois may be placed at the beginning of the file, how-
             ever they will only apply to the first buffer of pwhois input.
             The first (left-most) field in each line of the file must be the
             IP address and lines may be up to 255 characters in length.

     -c      Change the source of prefix-based whois data from the default
             (pWhoIs) to Cymru.  See www.cymru.com for more details.  When
             used with the -f option, this switch causes whob to use Cymru
             whois for bulk file resolution instead of pwhois.

     -r      Display the Origin-AS and prefix according to RIPE NCC RIS (see
             www.ripe.net/projects/ris/).  When used with the -f option, this
             switch causes whob to use RIPE NCC riswhois for bulk file resolu-
             tion instead of pwhois.

     -s      Show the status of the (respective) pWhoIs server and exit(0)

     -V      Display verbose/debug output.  Use multiple 'V's for additional
             verbosity.

     -v      Display this client's version information and exit(1)

     -me|whoami
             Display this host's public IP address and exit(0)


AUTHORS

     Victor Oppleman and Eugene Antsilevitch


REPORTING BUGS

     To report bugs, send e-mail to <whob@oppleman.com>


SEE ALSO

     lft(8), whois(1)


HISTORY

     The whob command first appeared in 2004.  This whois framework has been a
     component of LFT since 2002.

WHOB                            August 17, 2002                           WHOB

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