net::whois problem

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Re: net::whois problem by davido (Cardinal) on Aug 12, 2004 at 19:17 UTC
Hint: 127.0.0.1 is always YOU. No need to do a whois on it, unless you've got amnesia. You won't find 127.0.0.1 in any whois registry. Dave	[reply]
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Re: net::whois problem by roju (Friar) on Aug 12, 2004 at 19:51 UTC
From Net::Whois: `Also, only queries for domains are valid. Querying for a network will fail utterly since those are not kept in the whois.internic.net server ([...]). Querying for NIC handles won't work since they have a different return syntax than a domain.` An IP is not a domain. So you won't find a whois entry for an IP. Maybe do a reverse lookup on your IP first?	[reply] [d/l]
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