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flyinghamster on March 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS

It is useful for finding out who owns an IP address, but that's about it.

RIMR on March 17, 2025 | [–]

BGP looking glasses are still a thing, so at least we have that.

CaffeineLD50 on March 17, 2025 | [–]

Whois -r lookups I use Arin for.

Maybe I'm confused but whois gave me domain owner, but whois -r gave me Arin IP netblock ownership.

Arin is useful, whois is not.

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