[vox-tech] whois help

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A great site, as I am lazy is
www.cotse.com

Go to the Elephants toolbox then to look up tools.
I got the below info, it has whois instructions to query the jp DNS whois, also how to suppress the Japanese character output.

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Hostname: esquare.co.jp 
IP Address: 210.145.142.178 
Decimal Address: 3532754610 
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---------------------------Whois Results---------------------------

[ JPNIC database provides information on network administration. Its use is   ]
[ restricted to network administration purposes. For further information, use ]
[ 'whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp help'. To suppress Japanese output, add '/e' at   ]
[ the end of command, e.g. 'whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp xxx/e'.                  ]

Domain Information: [$B%I%a%$%s>pJs(B]
a. [$B%I%a%$%sL>(B]                 ESQUARE.CO.JP
e. [$B$=$7$-$a$$(B]                 $B$$!<$9$/$'$"(B $B$+$V$7$-$,$$$7$c(B
f. [$BAH?%L>(B]                     $B%$!<%9%/%'%"3t<02quBV(B]                          Connected (2002/03/31)
[$BEPO?G/7nF|(B]                    2000/09/07
[$B@\B3G/7nF|(B]                    2000/09/12
[$B:G=*99?7(B]                      2001/09/10 10:54:26 (JST)
                                host-info-reg@ocn.ad.jp

---------------------------Arin Results---------------------------

Asia Pacific Network Information Center (NETBLK-APNIC-CIDR-BLK)
   These addresses have been further assigned to Asia-Pacific users.
   Contact info can be found in the APNIC database,
   at WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://www.apnic.net/
   Please do not send spam complaints to APNIC.
   AU

   Netname: APNIC-CIDR-BLK2
   Netblock: 210.0.0.0 - 211.255.255.255

   Coordinator:
      Administrator, System  (SA90-ARIN)  [No mailbox]
      +61-7-3367-0490

   Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

   NS.APNIC.NET			203.37.255.97
   SVC00.APNIC.NET		202.12.28.131
   NS.TELSTRA.NET		203.50.0.137
   NS.RIPE.NET			193.0.0.193

   Regional Internet Registry for the Asia-Pacific Region.
   
   *** Use whois -h whois.apnic.net *** *** or see http://www.apnic.net/db/ for database assistance *** Record last updated on 03-May-2000. Database last updated on 25-Nov-2001 19:53:57 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information.      Membership      Members help keep Cotse ad free. In return they get:-  SSL Webmail -  SSL Anon Proxy -  SSL Usenet -  pop3 and pop3s -  smtp and smtps -  Unlimited aliases -  Reminder Service -  Web Space -  DNS Hosting -  Web Anon Remailer -  More -  $5.95/mo. -  Cotse now accepts major credit cards, on-line checks, telephone billing, PayPal, E-Gold, and check or money order.  Service DetailsSign-upSSL LoginNon-SSL LoginPrevious Members          Bulletins      Security bulletins released today. A rolling 24 hour coverage of the main security lists all on one page. Click here    ^ Page Top    . www.cotse.comHave you gone to church today? . All pages ©1999, 2000, 2001 Church of the Swimming Elephant unless otherwise statedChurch of the Swimming Elephant©1999 2000 2001 Cotse.com.Cotse.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Packetderm, LLC.Packetderm, LLC210 Park Ave #308Worcester, MA 01609    
 




On Sat, 24 November 2001, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:

> 
> the old mailing list got spam which first few headers are:
> 
> >From p@belial.ucdavis.edu  Sat Nov 24 08:46:07 2001
> Received: from ns.esquare.co.jp (ns.esquare.co.jp [210.145.142.178])
>         by beast.cal.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with ESMTP id
>         IAA31324; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:46:02 -0800
> 
> so it looks like ns.esquare.co.jp [210.145.142.178] is the culprit.  doing a
> whois from apnic.net, this belongs to jpnic.   so doing a whois from jpnic
> gives:
> 
>    Open Computer Network
>          SUBA-131-070 [Sub Allocation] 210.145.142.0
>    E Square corporation
>          ESQUARE [210.145.142.176 <-> 210.145.142.191] 210.145.142.176/28
> 
> at this point, i don't know how to get further information on this host.  the
> help (whois -h whois.nic.ad.jp help) confuses me.   would someone familiar
> with this please give me some tips on how to get more information from the
> whois server?
> 
> pete
> 
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