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RE: Whois -a?

  • From: John Murphy
  • Date: Tue May 15 09:25:18 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.;[email protected]
>Date:  5/15/01  5:16 AM
>Subject:  RE: To CAIS Engineers - WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS
>
>
>> From: Vivien M. [mailto:[email protected]]
>> 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.
>
>> [email protected]:~$ host www.mhsc.com
>> www.mhsc.com is a nickname for vweb1.mhsc.com
>> vweb1.mhsc.com has address 216.27.184.250
>> [email protected]:~$ 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
>
>> [email protected]:~$ 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)  [email protected]
>>       +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 [email protected] He
>probably uses the same bit-bucket that mhsc.net does (the /dev/null brand).
>
>