arininfo - ARINcli Whois Command
arininfo options QUERY_VALUE
This program uses ARIN's Whois-RWS(7) RESTful API to query ARIN's Whois database.
The general usage is "arininfo QUERY_VALUE" where the type of QUERY_VALUE influences the
type of query performed. This program will attempt to guess the type of QUERY_VALUE,
but the QUERY_VALUE type maybe explicitly set using the -t option. Queries for data
related to the QUERY_VALUE may be specified using the -r option (i.e. the reverse DNS
delegations related to a network).
In certain cases, Organization handles (orghandle), also knows as organization ids, can be properly determined. This occurs when the Organization handle ends with -z or with -xxx where xxx is a number. As a shortcut for Organization handles that do not match these cases, a -o can be appended to signify that it is an Organization handle.
The following are other criteria for determining the type of the QUERY_VALUE when
the -t option is not given:
If the QUERY_VALUE is simply a number, it is assumed to be an Autonomous System Number.
If the QUERY_VALUE is a number prepended with "AS", it is assumed to be an Autonomous System Number.
If the QUERY_VALUE begins with "NET-" or "NET6-" it is assumed to be a network handle.
If the QUERY_VALUE appears to be an IPv4 or IPv6 address, then it is assumed to be an IP address.
If the QUERY_VALUE ends in "in-addr.arpa" or "ip6.arpa", it is assumed to be a reverse DNS delegation point.
If the QUERY_VALUE appears to be a proper name, it is assumed to be a name of a Point of Contact.
The QUERY_VALUE can also be a result value from a previous query if it ends with an equal sign ("="). Consider the following tree output:
1= NET-192-136-136-0-1 ( 192.136.136.0 - 192.136.136.255 )
--- 1. Reverse DNS Delegations
--- 1= 136.136.192.in-addr.arpa.
A QUERY_VALUE of "1=1=1=" would be a shortcut for requerying for 136.136.192.in-addr.arpa. The character between the numbers can also be a period character ("."). So "1.1.1=" would be equivalent.
-r, --related TYPE
Query for the specified type related to the query value:
nets for query for the related networks, dels for query for the
reverse DNS delegations, orgs for query for the related organizations,
pocs for query for the related points of contact, asns for query for
the related autonomous system numbers
-t, --type TYPE
Specify type of the query value:
nethandle for network handle, pochandle for point of contact handle,
orghandle for organization handle, ip4addr for IPv4 address,
ip6addr for IPv6 address, ip4cidr for IPv4 cidr block, ip6cidr for
IPv6 cidr block, asnumber for autonomous system number, delegation for
reverse DNS delegation, pocname for name of a point of contact,
orgname for name of an organization, result for result from a previous query
--pft YES|NO|TRUE|FALSE
Use a PFT style query.
--cidr LESS|EXACT|MORE
Type of matching to use for CIDR queries.
--substring YES|NO|TRUE|FALSE
Use substring matching for name searches.
--details YES|NO|TRUE|FALSE
Query for extra details.
-U, --url URL
The base URL of the Whois-RWS(7) system.
--cache-expiry SECONDS
Age in seconds of items in the cache to be considered expired.
--cache YES|NO|TRUE|FALSE
Controls if the cache is used or not.
--messages MESSAGE_LEVEL
Specify one of the message levels: none for no messages are to be output,
some for some messages to be output, or all for all messages to be output.
--messages-out FILE
Specifies that messages are to be written to the given file.
--data DATA_AMOUNT
Specifies the amount of data to be output. Use of of: terse, normal,
or extra.
--data-out FILE
File where data is to be written if specified.
-V
Equivalent to --messages all and --data extra
-h
Displays help.
arininfo kosters queries for a POC with the last name of "Kosters".
arininfo 2= queries for the second value in a result from the previous query.
arininfo -t orghandle arin queries for organizations with the handle "arin".
arininfo arin-o is the same as above.
arininfo 192.136.136.51 queries for the most specific network enclosing
192.136.136.51.
arincli(7), arinutil(1), Whois-RWS(7)