About

RIPE is a Regional Internet Registry.

They oversee the allocation and registration of Internet number resources in their region (Europe)

Database

The RIPE Database contains whois registration details of:

• IP addresses
• and AS numbers

allocated by the RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre)

It shows the organisations that hold the resources, where the allocations were made, and contact details for the networks. ¹⁾

The Database ²⁾ can be searched by using:

• the web interface,
• or by directing the whois client to whois.ripe.net that follows the rest api