TCH-Thomas Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 Lets say I see a site that dont have something similar to "Webhosting by..." on their site, can i as a visitor figure out who they host with without email them or nothing? Quote
LisaJill Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 There are two ways that you might be able to do this; neither are fullproof. One, you can tracert it; this does work with tch but may not work or be evident with all ISP's. To do that, go to start menu, click run, type 'cmd'. In the new window that pops up type "tracert website" ie: "tracert www.lisa-jill.com". The other is to find anyone that does whois (you can do that from this page) on the domain (ie lisa-jill.com, no www) and see who they're registered with. In some cases it may be the ISP, but it very often is not. You can also use whois on the last site that comes up on the tracert. Neither of these is fullproof; I don't know of a definite way to do it. =) Hope that helps! Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted April 13, 2004 Author Posted April 13, 2004 (edited) Hm...wont the whois only give me who they registered the domain with or will it tell the webhost too? Thanks anyway Lisa. P.S Who won water fight? Edited April 13, 2004 by Jikrantz Quote
LisaJill Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 Yes, Thomas, that's part of why it's not the best way to do this. But in many cases the people they registered with are still their host. I really don't know a 100% way of finding out who the host is =/ I won the water fight of course; I always win water fights. Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted April 13, 2004 Author Posted April 13, 2004 Ok. I will not argue about that. And again, thanks Quote
LisaJill Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 You're just afraid of my mighty SuperSoaker 40k. *jets off to class* Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted April 13, 2004 Author Posted April 13, 2004 SuperSoaker 40k What happened to 3000, 4000...? Quote
youneverknow Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 Try this link. http://www.gatepost.com/domainwhitepages.php Quote
MikeJ Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 Off the top of my head, things that will give you a hint.... Do a whois on the domain name, see what the name servers are set to (you might have to whois on those domains to follow the trail). Traceroute as Lisa said, that will at least tell you which datacenter it is. Do a whois lookup on the IP address to see who the IP address is allocated to (one whois client you can use for that: http://www.geektools.com/whois.php ). Those are at least some preliminary ways you attempt to find out who the hosting provider is. Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 (edited) I found a handy trace route tool called Trout. Trout Version 2.0 (formerly SuboTronic) has been acquired byFoundstone (http://www.foundstone.com). New in this release ------------------- o Parallel pinging, resulting in a huge speed improvment. o Selectable background and text colors. o Improved interface. o Save trace to file. o Improved HTML output. o Optional continuous ping mode. It's a free utility. http://www.foundstone.com/resources/freetools.htm Edited April 13, 2004 by TCH-Bruce Quote
TCH-Thomas Posted April 13, 2004 Author Posted April 13, 2004 Hey, this came to be a big response for one tiny question. This is what families is about...helping. I love you guys. Thanks Quote
MikeJ Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 I found a handy trace route tool called Trout. Since it's not immediately obvious on their website where it's at, here's the direct link to their free tools: http://www.foundstone.com/resources/freetools.htm Quote
TCH-Bruce Posted April 13, 2004 Posted April 13, 2004 Thank you Mike. I should have looked. I took that info directly from the readme.txt file. I failed to mention this tool also provides Whois functions. Just highlight the server and right click and select Whois .... Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.