If you have your own web site with a registered name, you should be familiar
with the WHOIS utility. You can search by web address, NIC handle, or ip
address. whois is available as a commandline utility in
unix. There are also web versions:
can create your own version using a batch file:
contents of WHOIS.cmd:
@echo off
start
http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/mcwho/whois?STRING=%1
-or-
@echo off
start
http://www.whois.net/search.cgi2?str=%1
The first version uses the whois lookup from Networksolutions whereas the second version uses the whois
lookup from Whois.net
Copy the batch file to somewhere in your path, for example, the
%systemroot%\system32 folder. Because I have a lot of these small scripts and
batch files, I created a %systemroot%\bin folder and placed it in the path. To
lookup the whois info for microsoft.com, use the commandline:
whois microsoft.com
The results are:
Registrant:
Microsoft Corporation (MICROSOFT-DOM)
1 microsoft way
redmond, WA 98052
US
Domain Name: MICROSOFT.COM
Administrative Contact:
Microsoft Hostmaster (MH37-ORG) [email protected]
Microsoft Corp
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
US
425 882 8080
Fax- – – .: 206 703 2641
Technical Contact:
MSN NOC (MN5-ORG) [email protected]
Microsoft Corp
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
US
425 882 8080
Fax- PATH
Billing Contact:
idNames, Accounting (IA90-ORG) [email protected]
idNames from Network Solutions, Inc
440 Benmar
Suite #3325
Houston, TX 77060
US
703-742-4777
Fax 281-447-1160
Record last updated on 19-Mar-2001.
Record expires on 03-May-2010.
Record created on 02-May-1991.
Database last updated on 23-Apr-2001 10:05:00 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS4.CP.MSFT.NET 207.46.138.11
DNS5.CP.MSFT.NET 207.46.138.12
DNS2.TK.MSFT.NET 207.46.232.38
DNS1.TK.MSFT.NET 207.46.232.37
DNS3.UK.MSFT.NET 213.199.144.151
I suggest to use https://lookup.tools to get whois for all GTLD and CCTLD and also access to free Phone, NS, IP, Email address and owner reverse whois.