J.T.B,
If you use the Neotrace that has been talked about here, you can get a whois command.
It has that built in. Also www.networksolutions.com has a whois on there site. Now
will it go to other countries, unknown.
S
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On 2/18/2000 at 2:09 PM J. T. B. wrote:
>Wind(bl)ows doesn't have a "whois" is there an equivalent command?
>
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>>From: Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Michael E. Cummins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>CC: Firewalls Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: Re: Someone is scanning me right now
>>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:14:48 -0600 (CST)
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>>
>>
>>All these comments to use neotrace and other little tools like samspade
>>are silly. Nice little point and click toys for those folks that are
>>stuck in windows and do not understand how to do a simple whois from a
>>commandline to the proper authority in question. sheesh folks, the man
>>had the IP address in question already in his logs, so a simple:
>>
>>whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Points you to the whois server at ripe.net, so:
>>
>>whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>and the man has all the info needed to know whom to contact about the
>>probes.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Ron DuFresne
>>
>>
>>
>>On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Michael E. Cummins wrote:
>>
>> > Just curious.
>> >
>> > Someone is gently scanning me right now from 195.158.132.218 ; out of
>> > curiosity, I tried connecting to this IP on 21; 80; 119; etc. just to
>>see if
>> > I would get any return info but was forcefully rejected on each attempt.
>> > They were initially scanning for (according to my firewall logs) Net-Bus
>>PRO
>> > and backdoor G-1 connections. Now that I have his IP and time of
>> > connection, what other information can I get about him so I can submit
>>him
>> > to.. who?
>> >
>> > His ISP would be the most likely source to complain to, but how do I get
>> > that? What other information can I acquire to help nail him down?
>> >
>> > Any advice on what step to take next? Probably too late to help me
>>catch
>> > this one but I suppose there will always be a "next" one!
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
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