My whois program returns: 97.81.31.19 Host unreachable 97.81.24.0 - 97.81.31.255 Charter Communications 12405 Powerscourt Dr. St. Louis MO 63131 United States IPAddressing +1-314-288-3889 ipaddressing@chartercom.com Abuse: +1-314-288-3111 abuse@charter.net KNG-TN-97-81-24 Created: 2007-04-11 Updated: 2007-04-11 Source: whois.arin.net Perhaps a function of how lookups are being done? *shrug* Scott -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of NetSecGuy Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:29 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: What's the real issue here? :~> whois 97.81.31.19 Unknown AS number or IP network. Please upgrade this program. Is this a function of whois hardcoded to no do lookups for this address space? I can't seem to find any info about the range, beyond "registered but unallocated". I figured whois would at least return something about it not being allocated. Is this hijacked space?