Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the
records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.
>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 06:56:04 GMT <<<
Appears to return hosts with name starting with search term, which doesn't make a lot of sense but has likely always been the case. Also @ flag is a dig thing, not whois.
whois facebook.com @8.8.8.8
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information.
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To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.
>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 06:56:04 GMT <<<