back to net.demon contents page
Whois
This allows you to access the Domain Name System,
to get information about a particular domain name.
Input fields:
- Whois - the domain name you want information about
- Server - address of the whois server.
Use (automatic) to determine the correct whois server automatically
- Smart Query - check this box to automatically parse your Whois input
- C-Block -
this looks up the address of the domain to find out what network block it belongs to
- Right click context menu commands:
- new Whois - perform new Whois using the selected text
- new Host Whois - look up the Host record for a nameserver
- new Server Whois - do a server lookup on a Host record (find out everything it's hosting)
- new Server - use the selected text as the new Whois server
- new C-Block - perform new C-Block lookup on the selected text
References:
RFC 954 - nicname/whois
RFC 1834 - whois and network information lookup service
Copyright 1998 - net.demon software (tm)