Menggunakan whois

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

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