The whois servers whois.ripe.net and whois.arin.net seem to have problems today as they either don't respond, or when they respond then with empty results: ######################################## # whois -h whois.ripe.net google.de % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf %ERROR:101: no entries found % % No entries found in source RIPE. % This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.35 (WHOIS4) ######################################## # whois -h whois.arin.net sprint.net # # Query terms are ambiguous. The query is assumed to be: # "e / sprint.net" # # Use "?" to get help. # No match found for sprint.net. # # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html # ######################################## # whois sprint.net getaddrinfo(whois.crsnic.net): Name or service not known ########################################