APPENDIX B: WHOIS SERVERS
B.1 TOP-LEVEL INTERNET ORGANIZATIONAL WHOIS SERVERS
| whois.internic.net | ICANN gTLD WHOIS (run by Verisign) |
| whois.iana.net | IANA |
| whois.crsnic.net | Network Solutions, Inc. for Shared Registration System |
B.2 RIR WHOIS SERVERS
- ARIN, North America: whois.arin.net
- APNIC, Asia-Pacific: whois.apnic.net
- AfriNIC, Africa: whois.afrinic.net
- RIPE NCC, Europe: whois.ripe.net
- LACNIC, Latin America-Caribbean: whois.lacnic.net
B.3 ADDITIONAL REGIONAL REGISTRAR WHOIS SERVERS
- China Telecom Corporation Limited (CHINANET)
- Indian Registry for Internet Names and Numbers (IRINN) 192.168.1.88
- Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC) whois.nic.ad.jp, whois.jprs.jp, whois.jp
- Korea Network Information Center (KRNIC) whois.kisa.or.kr, whois.krnic.net
- Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) whois.twnic.net.tw
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTCOM) rr.ntt.net
B.4 INTERNET ROUTING REGISTRIES (IRR) WHOIS SERVERS
Current lists of mirrored databases can be obtained from irr.net.1
| ALTDB: whois.altdb.net | ALTDB free registry, mirrors: RADB, CW, RIPE, ANS, CANET (whois.canet.ca) |
| AOLTW: whois.aoltw.net | AOLTW General Internet Community, mirrors: RADB |
| BCNET: whois.bc.net | BCNET |
| BELL whois.in.bell.ca | Bell and Customer’s objects, mirrors: AOLTW, ARIN, GT, LEVEL3, RADB, NTTCOM, RISQ, SAVVIS |
| BBOI: irr.bboi.net | BBOI Customer’s objects, mirrors: ALTDB, ARIN, HOST, LEVEL3, NTTCOM, RADB, SAVVIS, WVGDB, WVFIBER |
| CANARIE: whois.canarie.ca | CANARIE Network, mirrors: ... |
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