{
    "query": "196.28.5.255",
    "original": "196.28.5.255",
    "type": "ipv4",
    "outcome": "found",
    "sources": [
        {
            "role": "registry",
            "protocol": "WHOIS",
            "endpoint": "whois.afrinic.net:43",
            "trace": [
                "whois.afrinic.net"
            ],
            "http_status": null,
            "outcome": "found",
            "status_reason": "The reply contains a matching registration identity.",
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            "object": null,
            "cache_ttl": 0,
            "fetched_at": "2026-10-06T17:22:46+00:00"
        }
    ],
    "warnings": [],
    "notes": [
        "RDAP was unavailable; this result was retrieved through WHOIS."
    ],
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-06T17:22:40+00:00",
    "partial": false,
    "registry_only": false,
    "route_records": {
        "status": "empty",
        "records": [],
        "warnings": [],
        "fetched_at": "2026-10-06T17:22:46+00:00",
        "registry": "AFRINIC",
        "endpoint": "whois.afrinic.net:43",
        "protocol": "WHOIS",
        "scope": "Exact and covering route objects in the responsible RIR routing registry."
    },
    "display_status": {
        "key": "found",
        "label": "Record found"
    }
}