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

[<william () elan net>]

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[support@sokol support]$ whois -h completewhois.com  207.99.113.65 
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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 () nac net
      800-638-6336

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   NS1.NAC.NET                  207.99.0.1
   NS2.NAC.NET                  207.99.0.2

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Net Access Corp. (NETBLK-NET-CF637140-28)
   PO Box 55
   Denville, NJ  07834
   USA

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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 () 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
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
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