on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 05:23:08PM -0500, Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 03:17:23PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Cool, didn't know 'whois' took IPs... nslookup wasn't very useful on > > > that IP address. > > > > Right. If whois doesn't return a result, traceroute (or its > > replacements, which I'm less familiar with) may be useful. As these > > traverse the network connection, the process is slower. > > whois will always return a result; you just have to know how to ask.
Not strictly true. I've had requests time out, or in certain instances, be refused (alegedly for overuse from a specific IP or netblock, which I find implausible). Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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