WHOactuallyIS?

A SYSTRON Lab tool
from the Department of Computer Science at the University of York

Table of Contents

1. About the tool
2. Getting started
3. Contact

About the tool

This tool returns information about the owners and users of Internet resources, rather than simply registration information. It works by analysing available information from registries and DNS records to make inferences about likely users and owners.

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Getting started

Install Python prerequisites

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Lookup a resource from commandline

$ python wai.py -t 8.8.8.8

Use WHOactuallyIS in a program

import whoactuallyis

result = whoactuallyis.lookup('8.8.8.8')
print(whoactuallyis.show_final_name(result))

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Contact

Josh Levett: @Levett_Josh / joshua.levett (at) york.ac.uk

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