Menggunakan whois

whois adalah perintah di shell di Linux yang dapat digunakan untuk melihat data kepemilikan sebuah domain atau IP address.

Instalasi

Instalasi whois menggunakan perintah

sudo apt-get install whois

Penggunaan

Penggunaannya sangat sederhana sekali melalui shell cukup mengetik

whois 123.123.123.123
whois domainyangdicek.com

Contoh Hasil Whois Sebuah IP address Spammer dari Afrika

$ whois 212.52.148.109

% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: This output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '212.52.128.0 - 212.52.159.255'

inetnum:      212.52.128.0 - 212.52.159.255
org:          ORG-AFNC1-RIPE
netname:      AFRINIC-NET-TRANSFERRED-20050223
descr:        This network has been transferred to AFRINIC
remarks:      These IP addresses are assigned in the AFRINIC region.
remarks:      Authoritative registration information for this network
remarks:      is available for query and modification in
remarks:      the AFRINIC whois database: whois.afrinic.net or
remarks:      web site: http://www.afrinic.net
remarks:      The routing registry information (route(6) objects)
remarks:      may be published in any Routing Registry, including
remarks:      RIPE Whois Database
country:      EU # country is really somewhere in African Region
admin-c:      AFRI-RIPE
tech-c:       AFRI-RIPE
status:       ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes:   RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-AFNC1-RIPE
org-name:     African Internet Numbers Registry
org-type:     RIR
address:      see http://www.afrinic.net
e-mail:       bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c:      AFRI-RIPE
tech-c:       AFRI-RIPE
remarks:      For more information on AFRINIC assigned blocks, use
remarks:      AFRINIC's whois database, whois.afrinic.net.
mnt-ref:      RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered

role:         The African Internet Numbers Registry
org:          ORG-AFNC1-RIPE
address:      AFRINIC, see http://www.afrinic.net
admin-c:      AFRI-RIPE
tech-c:       AFRI-RIPE
nic-hdl:      AFRI-RIPE
e-mail:       bitbucket@ripe.net
remarks:      For more information on AFRINIC assigned blocks, connect
remarks:      to AFRINIC's whois database, whois.afrinic.net.
mnt-by:       RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source:       RIPE # Filtered

disitu terdapat informasi siapa penanggung jawab IP address, e-mail penanggung jawab dll.

Referensi

• https://bgp.he.net/ - lumayan utk cek whatis my ip

Pranala Menarik

• Linux Howto