On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Eric Hillman wrote: > I was sure this subject had come up before, but I can't find any reference to > it -- does anybody have any tips on tracking down an IP address on the Internet > that has no reverse-lookup entry and blocks traceroute? I'm getting an > alarming number of internal attempts to access an outside website without > permission, and I have no idea whether it's some evil spam or just Internet > Explorer Update doing its thing... (my version of whois automagically queries the right server, in this case whois.arin.net..) [natecars at oracle natecars]$ whois 206.10.252.1 [No name] (NS3738-HST) NS.REAL-TIME.COM 206.10.252.1 Minnesota Regional Network (NETBLK-MRNET-C-BLOCK8) MRNET-C-BLOCK8 206.8.0.0 - 206.11.255.255 Real Time Enterprises, Inc. (NETBLK-REAL-TIME1) REAL-TIME1 206.10.252.0 - 206.10.253.255 To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. [natecars at oracle natecars]$ whois 'NETBLK-REAL-TIME1' Real Time Enterprises, Inc. (NETBLK-REAL-TIME1) 10181 Crosstown Circle Eden Prairie, MN 55344 US Netname: REAL-TIME1 Netblock: 206.10.252.0 - 206.10.253.255 Coordinator: Master, Host (HM170-ARIN) hostmaster at REAL-TIME.COM 612-943-8700 Record last updated on 18-Jun-1999. Database last updated on 4-Oct-2000 07:16:53 EDT. The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's. Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information. ...that'll at least get you to the ISP, probably.. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org