"portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)

Sun May 19 20:25:20 UTC 2002

That's a netblock, not an IP address.  Your script kiddie at home with a
cable modem or ADSL connection is not going to have his IP SWIP'd or
populated in his ISP's rwhois server. Try that with 206.47.27.12 for
instance.  That is a Sympatico ADSL customer here in Ottawa.

Ralph Doncaster
principal, IStop.com     
div. of Doncaster Consulting Inc.

On Sun, 19 May 2002, Alex Rubenstein wrote:

> 
> 
> helium:~$ whois -a 207.99.113.65
> Net Access Corporation (NETBLK-NAC-NETBLK01)
>    1719b Route 10E, Suite 111
>    Parsippany, NJ 07054
>    US
> 
>    Netname: NAC-NETBLK01
>    Netblock: 207.99.0.0 - 207.99.127.255
>    Maintainer: NAC
> 
>    Coordinator:
>       Net Access Corporation  (ZN77-ARIN)  legal at nac.net
>       800-638-6336
> 
>    Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
> 
>    NS1.NAC.NET                  207.99.0.1
>    NS2.NAC.NET                  207.99.0.2
> 
>    ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
> 
>    * Reassignment information for this network is available
>    * at whois.nac.net 43
> 
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> 
> 
> On Sun, 19 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> 
> >
> > > > rough assessment of their network security, which was important to me
> > > > as a customer for obvious reasons.
> > >
> > > In that case, I would not consider the scan to have come from an
> > > 'unaffiliated' person. I'm sure if the bank's network operator noticed it,
> > > and contacted you, things would have been cleared up with no harm done. To
> >
> > It sounds like you know something that I don't.  How do you find out the
> > contact information for someone given only an IP address?
> >
> > -Ralph
> >
> >
> >
> 
> -- Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex at nac.net, latency, Al Reuben --
> --    Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net   --
> 
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