Unable to query WhoIs Error w/Hackattempt

New Member Joined: Mar 23, 2004 Posts: 21

I installed the Hackattempt on one of my domains and when I tested to see if it was working, I received the following message.

Unable to query WhoIs information for xx.xxx.xxx.xx.

(It really showed my ip address there in place of the x's) - Please let me know if there is/was an issue w/the script or my settings.

Thank You
Miss Vicky

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

No issue with the script at all. The database that it queries apparently was down or not accepting connections. You could try using another Who Is site. As you can imagine, those type sites are very busy these days.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:18 pm

Thank You, Raven:

I will try another 'who' is and give it a shot...

Miss Vicky

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 2:23 pm

Just try the script again. It could be it was just 'busy'. I have never changed mine from the published one.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:03 pm

I just tried it again w/the same error occuring... Unable to query WhoIs information for xxxxxxxxx

Miss Vicky

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:20 pm

It is possible that your ISP has been blocked from accessing. I have been told that Arin does have limits that they enforce. Can you do the test script from my site?

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 3:32 pm

Please don't report me to the the FBI Raven... I did just try it on your site and it worked fine. I am on cox.net cable as far as the ISP. Ideas?

Miss Vicky

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:02 pm

- Well, that verifies that it's probably not Arin. Click this link and see if it works

http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=216.239.37.99

That is a google.com IP. If that works, then there's something else going on.

Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 4:09 pm

Yes, Ravan - Whois worked fine.... I am glad that I am not the only one stumped here Confused

Miss Vicky