IRR/RIPE database documentation
Written by Arnaud no commentsget help to query RIPE Database :
telnet whois.ripe.net 43 help
Documentation page : http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/support/documentation
Query flags cheatsheet : http://www.ripe.net/data-tools/support/documentation/queries-ref-card
some aliases I use in my bashrc :
alias cymru='whois -h whois.cymru.com -v' alias ripe='whois -h whois.ripe.net -r' alias ntt='whois -h rr.ntt.net -r' alias radb='whois -h whois.radb.net -r'