Get AS(Autonomous System) Number By domain name

If you followed my last post HERE you might be wondering “That’s great and all, but how do I find the AS number in the first place?”.

If you are running Linux it’s easy:

First install dig and whois:

If you are using Centos/Fedora:


yum install bind-utils whois -y

In case you are using Debian/Ubuntu:


apt install dnsutils whois -y

After that to get the IP number associated with the domain.


dig +short facebook.com | head -1

The output should be an IP address in example:


31.13.91.36

With the IP address in hand to get the ASN you just need to run:


whois -h whois.radb.net '31.13.91.36' | grep -i origin | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f2

Voila the output should be the AS number(s)


AS32934

And with most things on the internet these lists are not static so you should build a script to update them from time to time.

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