Re: "portscans" (was Re: Arbor Networks DoS defense product)

[Alex Rubenstein]

helium:~$ whois -a 207.99.113.65
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On Sun, 19 May 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:

>
> > > rough assessment of their network security, which was important to me
> > > as a customer for obvious reasons.
> >
> > In that case, I would not consider the scan to have come from an
> > 'unaffiliated' person. I'm sure if the bank's network operator noticed it,
> > and contacted you, things would have been cleared up with no harm done. To
>
> It sounds like you know something that I don't.  How do you find out the
> contact information for someone given only an IP address?
>
> -Ralph
>
>
>

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