[47973] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Sun May 19 15:24:00 2002
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 15:23:37 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@nac.net>
To: Ralph Doncaster <ralph@istop.com>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
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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
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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
>
>
>
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