Whois -a?
John Murphy
nanog at mail.murfnet.com
Tue May 15 13:20:45 UTC 2001
Straight from the MAN page Roeland (man whois)...
...
DESCRIPTION
Whois looks up records in the databases maintained by several Network
In-
formation Centers (NICs).
The options are as follows:
-a Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) database.
It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
cov-
ered neither by APNIC nor by RIPE. Contact (handle) information
should be looked up by appending "-ARIN" to the NIC handle:
...
-----------------------Original Message-----------------------
>From: Roeland Meyer
>To: Vivien M.;nanog at nanog.org
>Date: 5/15/01 5:16 AM
>Subject: RE: To CAIS Engineers - WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS
>
>
>> From: Vivien M. [mailto:vivienm at dyndns.org]
>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:44 PM
>
>> As someone posted before (but you probably didn't read):
>
>Actually, I read it just fine. Yes, that is the block that is in use here.
I
>just don't know who the hell Alex Black is. I also asked SpeakEasy. Weeks
>later, I'm still waiting for an answer.
>
>> vivienm at amethyst:~$ host www.mhsc.com
>> www.mhsc.com is a nickname for vweb1.mhsc.com
>> vweb1.mhsc.com has address 216.27.184.250
>> vivienm at amethyst:~$ whois -a 216.27.184.250
>
>When did '-a' become a whois option?
>
>> Speakeasy Network (NETBLK-SPEAKEASY-4) SPEAKEASY-4
>> 216.27.128.0 -
>> 216.27.191.255
>> Black, Alex (NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0) SPEK-RMEYER-0
>> 216.27.184.224 -
>> 216.27.184.255
>
>> vivienm at amethyst:~$ whois -a \!NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0
>> Black, Alex (NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0)
>> 440 Mission Court
>> Fremont, CA 94539
>> US
>>
>> Netname: SPEK-RMEYER-0
>> Netblock: 216.27.184.224 - 216.27.184.255
>>
>> Coordinator:
>> Stollar, Andreas (AS3414-ARIN) abuse at speakeasy.net
>> +1-206-728-9770 (FAX) (206)728-1500
>
>> Now, I realize your name isn't Alex Black (unless you have multiple
>> personalities), but it sure looks to me like SpeakEasy knows
>> how to SWIP
>> (and the SPEK-RMEYER-0 name suggests they were trying to SWIP
>> it to you).
>
>Among other things, I'm also a SysAdmin. Of course, I have multiple
>personalities! But, Alex Black isn't one of them. Also note, Andreas
>Stoller's email addr. Do you actually think I would get any sort of
response
>if I sent an email there? I might as well send it to abuse at mhsc.net. He
>probably uses the same bit-bucket that mhsc.net does (the /dev/null brand).
>
>
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