[db-wg] Whois referrals changed source IP
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Engin Gunduz
engin at ripe.net
Thu Nov 18 15:16:18 CET 2004
Dear Robert, The RIPE NCC uses 193.0.0.0 - 193.0.7.255 range for its infrastructure, so whois.ripe.net might resolve into any IP address in this range: inetnum: 193.0.0.0 - 193.0.7.255 netname: RIPE-NCC descr: RIPE Network Coordination Centre descr: Amsterdam, Netherlands remarks: Used for RIPE NCC infrastructure. country: NL admin-c: AMR68-RIPE admin-c: RDK-RIPE tech-c: OPS4-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PI mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-MNT mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-MNT changed: mally at ripe.net 20030522 source: RIPE If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net>. Regards, Engin Gunduz ____________________________ RIPE Database Administration. On 2004-11-18 12:51:28 +0100, Robert Martin-Legene wrote: > For those of you (TLD's only?) who receives whois referrals from > whois.ripe.net and thought they would always come from 193.0.0.0/24, it > now seems that even though whois.ripe.net is in that range, the > referrals can come from at least 193.0.4.152 (as it does right now). > > For us, we only allow the -V3.2.0,$IP option (stating the origin IP) if > from an "NCC IP#". For all other IP## using that option we would give an > error. > > Our last request from 193.0.0.0/24 was received Nov 17 11:16:46. > > Would the NCC be kind enough to officially inform of which range(s) the > requests can come from? (I doubt it's the entire 193.0.0.0/21, which > are server networks.) > > (And to think that it was actually Verisign who mailed us to let us know > they had a problem using our whois server, I find kind of funny). > > -- > Robert Martin-Legène > IT security manager > DK Hostmaster A/S
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