@DanKen @uastronomer @ryanc @Infoseepage
Yeah, `ping` is doing some parsing that other tools... aren't:
```
➜ ping 3107303990
PING 3107303990 (185.53.178.54): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 185.53.178.54: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=30.992 ms
➜ whois 3107303990
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object
as-block: 402333-4199999999
organisation: Unallocated
```