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Net-Whois-RIS-0.2
/ Net::Whois::RIS

NAME

Net::Whois::RIS - Whois lookup on RIPE RIS

VERSION

Version 0.2

SYNOPSIS

The module query the RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS) whois to get information about a specific IP address. You can get information like the AS number announcing the IP address/network.

use Net::Whois::RIS;

my $foo = Net::Whois::RIS->new();
$foo->getIPInfo("8.8.8.8");
print $foo->getOrigin();
print $foo->getDescr();

The module's first objective was to provide an easy IP to ASN mapping interface via Perl.

For more information about the RIPE Routing Information Service :

http://www.ripe.net/ris/

methods

The object oriented interface to Net::Whois::RIS is described in this section.

The following methods are provided:

Net::Whois::RIS->new();

This constructor returns a new Net::Whois::RIS object encapsulating whois request to RIPE RIS.

getIPInfo($ipaddress);

The method is gathering the information from the RIS service.

getOrigin();

The method returns a string containing the originating ASN of the network/IP requested.

getDescr();

The method returns a string containing the description of the ASN announcing the network/IP requested.

getRoute();

The method returns a string containing the most specific route match for the requested network/IP address.

AUTHOR

Alexandre Dulaunoy, <adulau at foo.be>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-whois-ris at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-Whois-RIS. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Net::Whois::RIS

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010 Alexandre Dulaunoy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.