Finding out the webhosting company?

[caff]

Is there any way to determine which company is hosting a particular website, given just the URL?

 

[Cuchulain]

Is there any way to determine which company is hosting a particular website, given just the URL?

Just ping the domain name, copy the IP address and stick it in at ripe.net

 

[siuko]

http://samspade.org/

Online whois website that should show the nameservers that the site uses - from that you should be able to work out most hosts

 

[caff]

Thanks guys