Re: Whois issue

Francesco Sblendorio <sblendorio@despammed.com> wrote:
> whois 210.59.147.153

> It's ASUS' homepage.
> the command doesn't return anything.

When I go to that IP in my web browser, I get a "You are not authorized
message"

When I go to www.asus.com, I get their home page, but nslookup says
that the IP is 216.136.179.238, a totally different block of IP's.

Actually the block your IP is in seems to be owned by Chunghwa Telecom
Co.,Ltd.

Try whois 210.59.147.153@whois.arin.net This will tell you that
arin.net is not the right place to go and suggests apnic.net, then you
can try whois 210.59.147.153@whois.apnic.net which will give you way
more information about that block of IP's than you really want to
know.

Trying this on the Asus IP says that Cable & Wireless owns that block
of IP's. Asus must be a downstream user of theirs.

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Stavo per dire: "Apri i portelli, HAL" quando all'improvviso mi sono
svegliato, sentendo jbuchana@buchanan1.net che mi diceva:

>When I go to www.asus.com, I get their home page, but nslookup says
>that the IP is 216.136.179.238, a totally different block of IP's.

Yes, that IP is www.asus.com.tw

>Try whois 210.59.147.153@whois.arin.net This will tell you that
>arin.net is not the right place to go and suggests apnic.net, then you
>can try whois 210.59.147.153@whois.apnic.net which will give you way
>more information about that block of IP's than you really want to
>know.

Well, my issue is to determine the "Country: " field independently from the
registrar. I need at least an always-updated list of official whois servers.

Does it exist?