What's the real issue here?

Wed Sep 19 14:33:44 UTC 2007

# whois  97.81.31.19                                       0.0%     1   
58.3  58.3  58.3  58.3   0.0?
Charter Communications NETBLK-CHARTER-NET (NET-97-80-0-0-1)
                                  97.80.0.0 - 97.90.255.255
Charter Communications KNG-TN-97-81-24 (NET-97-81-24-0-1)
                                  97.81.24.0 - 97.81.31.255

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NetSecGuy wrote:
> :~> whois 97.81.31.19
> Unknown AS number or IP network. Please upgrade this program.
>
> Is this a function of whois hardcoded to no do lookups for this
> address space?  I can't seem to find any info about the range, beyond
> "registered but unallocated".   I figured whois would at least return
> something about it not being allocated.
>
> Is this hijacked space?
>   