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?
# whois 97.81.31.19 0.0% 1 58.3 58.3 58.3 58.3 0.0? Charter Communications NETBLK-CHARTER-NET (NET-97-80-0-0-1) 97.80.0.0 - 97.90.255.255 Charter Communications KNG-TN-97-81-24 (NET-97-81-24-0-1) 97.81.24.0 - 97.81.31.255 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-09-18 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. NetSecGuy wrote:
:~> 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?
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?
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:28:52AM -0400, NetSecGuy wrote:
:~> 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
[snip] You are running some old version of whois - thanks for providing no OS or anything. It quite cleearly told you ityself that it is in need of upgrading, and the specifics will vary based on what the heck you are running. Perhaps a pointy-clicky client is more your speed? the ARIN web interface would tell you in this instance, and the geektools.com lookup is fairly bright about looking at multiple registries. -- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE
Point taken. I assumed my version of whois was up to date and my google results only showed it being unallocated. FWIW, OSX my default whois was 4.7.17, which I assumed was up to date. Updated to 4.7.20 and charter appears. Apologies for the time waster. On 9/19/07, Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 10:28:52AM -0400, NetSecGuy wrote:
:~> 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
[snip]
You are running some old version of whois - thanks for providing no OS or anything. It quite cleearly told you ityself that it is in need of upgrading, and the specifics will vary based on what the heck you are running.
Perhaps a pointy-clicky client is more your speed? the ARIN web interface would tell you in this instance, and the geektools.com lookup is fairly bright about looking at multiple registries.
-- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE
--- NetSecGuy <netsecguy@gmail.com> wrote:
:~> 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?
Sounds like you have a bad whois client. The web whois at arin.net shows that it's allocated to Charter. David Barak Need Geek Rock? Try The Franchise: http://www.listentothefranchise.com ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
Hi, On 19/09/2007, at 4:28 PM, NetSecGuy wrote:
:~> 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?
Please note that this error is actually being returned by the 'whois' program because it is out of date and does not know what registrar this IP range was allocated to yet quads:~ lathiat$ whois -h whois.arin.net 97.81.31.19 Charter Communications NETBLK-CHARTER-NET (NET-97-80-0-0-1) 97.80.0.0 - 97.90.255.255 Charter Communications KNG-TN-97-81-24 (NET-97-81-24-0-1) 97.81.24.0 - 97.81.31.255 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2007-09-18 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. quads:~ lathiat$ Regards, Trent
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