identify host

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Re: identify host by flyingmoose (Priest) on Mar 23, 2004 at 02:18 UTC
is there a way to identify the host of a particular wetsite? Water and computers do not mix! This is not a good idea! Seriously, it sounds like you may be interested in whois records. Try something like Net::Whois	[reply]
Re: identify host by b10m (Vicar) on Mar 23, 2004 at 12:36 UTC
I'm not sure what you mean with "identify the host of a particular website", but here are some possible answers to your question: (gwhois is really nice, and it's in Perl :) I want to know what kind of server the host is running on `$ HEAD http://host/ \| grep "Server"` I want to know who registered a domain name `$ gwhois domain.tld` I want to know who owns the netblock of the IP in question `$ gwhois www.xxx.yyy.zzz` I want to lookup a country by IP address See Geo::IP -- b10m All code is usually tested, but rarely trusted.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: identify host by Vautrin (Hermit) on Mar 23, 2004 at 01:05 UTC
What do you mean by host? Do you mean the hosting company, or the person who owns the web site, or the IP address, or what? Want to support the EFF and FSF by buying cool stuff? Click here.	[reply]
Re: identify host by Happy-the-monk (Canon) on Mar 23, 2004 at 01:37 UTC
If you're looking for the hostname try out Sys::Hostname. If you know it's a unix box, `chomp( my $hostname = qx/hostname/ );` might do the trick. Sören	[reply] [d/l]