Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)
About
The Regional Internet Registries (RIR) are regional organisation that manages the internet in cooperation with IANA.
They have the authority within their regions:
- to administer and register the following internet resources:
- to provide related services.
They provide therefore also the whois database to identify the owner of this resources.
The Number Resources Organization (NRO) is a coordinating body that unites the five RIRs.
List
- RIPE database: Europe,…
- ARIN: America - whois.arin.net
- Ripe Ncc
- Lacnic
- Apnic
- Afrinic