# RIPE whois queries

Introduction

https://www.ripe.net/data-tools/support/documentation/queries-ref-card


Direct queries

# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net 217.148.69.0
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net 217.148.69.0/24
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net CAIXA
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net EdJ9-RIPE
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net edejuan@lacaixa.es
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net LACAIXA-MNT
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net AS16383

Inverse queries

# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -i person EdJ9-RIPE
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -i notify edejuan@lacaixa.es
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -i mnt-by LACAIXA-MNT
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -i origin AS16383
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -i nserver ns1.lacaixa.com

Commonly used flags

# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -r 217.148.69.0 ! Disables recursive search
# whois -B -h whois.ripe.net -L 217.148.69.0 ! All less specific objects