209.81.0.0/19 has been announced by AS 7091 from the day it was assigned to them by ARIN back in 1997. The CRL registration possibly predates ViaNet's use as noted by the mention of RS-COMM_NSFNET, and the fact that it was last updated by nsfnet-admin@merit.edu, not CRL. The CRL registration is probably cruft left over from long ago. $ whois 209.81.0.0@whois.arin.net [whois.arin.net] ViaNet Communications (NETBLK-VIANETCO) 1235 Pear Ave, Suite 107 Mountain View, CA 94043 US Netname: VIANETCO Netblock: 209.81.0.0 - 209.81.63.255 Maintainer: VIA Coordinator: Mcguckin, Joseph (JM7712-ARIN) joe@VIA.NET 415 969-2203 (FAX) 415 969-2124 Domain System inverse mapping provided by: NS.VIA.NET 209.81.9.1 NS2.VIA.NET 216.218.130.58 ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RWHOIS auth.via.net 4321 Record last updated on 22-Mar-2000. Database last updated on 11-Jun-2002 20:00:57 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. Mike. On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Kurt Erik Lindqvist wrote:
Uhm, from whois.ra.net :
route: 209.81.0.0/19 descr: ViaNet Communications 1235 Pear Ave, Suite 107 Mountain View, CA 94043 origin: AS7091 notify: gshaver@he.net notify: mleber@he.net mnt-by: HE-NOC changed: mleber@he.net 19970808 source: RADB
route: 209.81.0.0/19 descr: CRL Network Services Box 326 Larkspur CA 94977, USA origin: AS2041 member-of: RS-COMM_NSFNET mnt-by: MAINT-AS2041 changed: nsfnet-admin@merit.edu 19990223 source: RADB
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