Re: Looking for W7 whois freeware

[Mark Foster <blakjak () blakjak net>]

Set up

http://www.the42.net/networkjack/

Point her browser at it. Problem solved?

I drove the Ping, Traceroute, Dig and Whois requirements of a Tier 2/3
Helpdesk with this tool for several weeks - several years ago, I
suppose, but I still have a copy running which I use occasionally when
I'm trapped behind web-only internet access.

Mark.

On 13/05/12 17:19, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 16:57 10/05/2012 -0400, Scott Berkman wrote:
>
> I am looking for a simple Windows GUI s/w for a secretary to use to do
> whois lookups for IP and ASNs and to easily copy/paste the results. 
> Amazing that there is no such beast.
>
> -Hank
>
> > I use Launchy (a keystroke launcher similar to GnomeDo, Quicksilver,
> > etc)
> > and it's Runner plugin with some bat scripts that reference the builtin
> > whois DOS/CLI command to create my own.
> >
> > So for example, to look up an IP at ARIN I just hit my hotkey
> > (Atl-Space)
> > and type arin <tab> <IP> enter.  My bat script really just runs
> > whois, sizes
> > the command prompt window, and waits for user input before disappearing.
> >
> > I'm happy to share my scripts off list if you are interested.
> >
> >         -Scott
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hank Nussbacher [mailto:hank () efes iucc ac il]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:49 AM
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Looking for W7 whois freeware
> >
> > I am looking for a Window 7 GUI utility that does raw whois - not the
> > standard domain lookup, but rather allows me to specify and change
> > the whois
> > server I am talking to and allows me to customize the whois search
> > string
> > for IPs or ASNs or anything else a whois server will accept, like:
> > "-B -G as378".
> >
> > I know of ezwhois but am looking for something better (for example -
> > they
> > don't have whois.ripe.net listed - one can add it but not save it).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hank