Re: Finding out who owns particular IP addresses

["Robert G. Ferrell" <root () rgfsparc cr usgs gov>]

> I received this request for clarification about how one
> finds out who 'owns' particular IP addresses.  After having spent some
> time composing a response I thought that there might be other neophytes
> on the list who will find this useful.

If you're a command-line sort of *nix person who doesn't want to rely on
someone else's Web sites, you're welcome to get my Perl script that automates
whois lookups.  It's available at

http://rgfsparc.cr.usgs.gov:8090/sysadmin/#whois

Cheers,

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
Information Systems Security Officer
National Business Center
U. S. Dept. of the Interior
Robert_G_Ferrell () nbc gov
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