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🔍 Reconnaissance Whois

ARIN specific lookup

Whois command for arin specific lookup. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

whois — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ whois -h whois.arin.net 192.168.1.1
Tool
Whois
Category
Reconnaissance
Purpose
ARIN specific lookup

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using Whois against any target
  • Replace target with the actual IP address or hostname you are testing
  • Run this command from a Kali Linux terminal or any system with Whois installed
  • Combine with other Whois commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More Whois Commands

whois target.com
Domain WHOIS lookup
whois 192.168.1.1
IP WHOIS lookup
whois -h whois.ripe.net target.com
RIPE specific lookup
whois AS12345
ASN lookup
whois target.com | grep -i "name server"
Extract nameservers
whois target.com | grep -i "registrar"
Extract registrar
whois target.com | grep -i "creation"
Extract creation date
whois target.com | grep -i "expir"
Extract expiry date
whois target.com | grep -i "admin"
Extract admin contact
whois -b target.com
Brief output
whois -H target.com
Suppress legal disclaimer
whois --verbose target.com
Verbose output

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