WHOIS (ver 2.2.10) Abandoned Freeware WHOIS is a Client that queries a Whois server for directory (Whois) information using TCP port 43, as described in RFC-954. You must have a "WATTCP.CFG" file in the same directory as WHOIS. The Wattcp file needs to first be configured with your IP information. whois [-?vd] [-h host] name WHOIS option 'v' displays version with which WHOIS was compiled and the compilation date, as well as listing of valid switches. Option '?' just displays a listing of valid switches. The latest list of Whois servers can be found in the FTP archive = ftp://sipb.mit.edu/pub/whois/whois-servers.list See the file "servers.txt" for a recent copy.