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How do I change the IP Location in whois lookup?

I have seen many websites change the IP Location under "Server Stats" in whois lookup like this link http://whois.domaintools.com/kbeezie.com and wouldlike to know how I can do the same. What do I need to do to achieve this? What do I need? The IP…
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WHOIS tool that knows to query the most specific whois server

When I run a WHOIS query on ARIN's website for a particular IP address or block that is international, they often list information in the comments field for where to go to run another specific query. For example, I just looked up 200.24.7.x, and it…
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Using RIPE's "-B" flag with the whois command

When using RIPE web DB search system, you can add the "-B" flag to list hidden attributes of an object. I'm trying to find a way of adding the "-B" flag somewhere within the following command: > whois -h whois.ripe.net ASXXXXX However, the…
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Hiding godaddy domain info from whois e.g. domain tools

Does the protection that they offer work, in that the user's details are hidden? Would appreciate if you could post an example of a protected domain name. Thank you.
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Setup my domain at Whois.com as nameservers for a Dedicated Server with Kloxo

this is my first time at ServerFault, I'm a stackoverflow user. I'm faceing the next problem and may be its me, but I can't find proper guides to set up a domain and nameservers for a dedicated box. I have a domain, at whois.com, and a Dedicated…
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Is there a rate limit, or any sort of limit to calling whois in ubuntu 10.04?

I'm using Ubunutu 10.04 and doing whois queries on a list of domains. I've got very limited knowledge about the whois system and have some specific questions that I've found difficult to find specific answers on. I'm not even sure if this is the…
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My registrar won't/can't change my WHOIS entry - can I do it myself?

I bought my first .com domain today, having recently used a country-specific domain. My registrar had to create an account for me on their new billing system to enable the transaction as part of the process and I didn't get a chance to review the…
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Change interface for doing a whois

We got 4 ips on our server, and I noticed that one of our IP's appears to be blocked by a big whois providor. Is there a way I can route whois lookups over a different IP - not just eth0?
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Getting in touch with a domain owner

There is a domain name I want to use for a new business I am starting. It is a perfect fit and I really have my heart set on getting it. Only the .com of the name is registered, and I'm pretty sure the owner has forgotten about the domain. No…
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spamming domain registrar with multiple host records, same IP

Yesterday, I noticed that a client (who has just enough knowledge of networking to be dangerous) had messed up one of his nameserver records. We'd recently relocated to a different colocation provider, and ns2.his-domain.com was pointing back to…
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If two RDAP server responses disagree, what happens?

My current registrar (which I won't name here) seems to be having troubles. Their RDAP server is reporting very, very out-of-date information. And as I dig around it seems most (possibly all) of their customers' domains are showing up as expired (in…
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Do any linux services query the RIPE database?

Lately when I query whois from one of our servers I almost always receive the following message indicating that we are exceedind daily usage limits: Queries from your IP address have passed the daily limit of controlled objects: %ERROR:201: access…
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whois: query by person's name?

Is it possible to know all of the domains registered by some individual or company using the free whois services on the internet? A sort of "Reverese Whois"?
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can I still map an IP address to its ASN number when the last octet is masked?

I have a database of IP addresses whose last octet has been masked IpAnonymizer.mask_ip("8.8.4.4") # => "8.8.4.0" Can I still use map these IPs to their respective Autonomous Numbers or the mapping is lost? Thanks!
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registrar and whois database

do registrars have unlimited access to each other's whois database? For example, do godaddy have access to network solutions's whois database and vice versa?
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