I was a little surprised, using Vodafone LTE as a backup link yesterday morning, to see "Read 1.2.3.50" from my web browser. 1.2.3.50 isn't a Vodafone netblock and is actually an APNIC debogon. Squatting in 1/8 is a bit dated isn't it?
Seems to be some sort of proxy listening on 80 and 25. whois 1.2.3.50 % [whois.apnic.net] % Whois data copyright terms http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html % Information related to '1.2.3.0 - 1.2.3.255' inetnum: 1.2.3.0 - 1.2.3.255 netname: Debogon-prefix descr: APNIC Debogon Project descr: APNIC Pty Ltd country: AU admin-c: AR302-AP tech-c: AR302-AP mnt-by: APNIC-HM mnt-routes: MAINT-AU-APNIC-GM85-AP mnt-irt: IRT-APNICRANDNET-AU status: ASSIGNED PORTABLE changed: [email protected] 20110922 source: APNIC irt: IRT-APNICRANDNET-AU address: PO Box 3646 address: South Brisbane, QLD 4101 address: Australia e-mail: [email protected] abuse-mailbox: [email protected] admin-c: AR302-AP tech-c: AR302-AP auth: # Filtered mnt-by: MAINT-AU-APNIC-GM85-AP changed: [email protected] 20110922 source: APNIC role: APNIC RESEARCH address: PO Box 3646 address: South Brisbane, QLD 4101 address: Australia country: AU phone: +61-7-3858-3188 fax-no: +61-7-3858-3199 e-mail: [email protected] remarks: ++++++++++++++++++ remarks: + Address blocks listed with this contact remarks: + are withheld from general use and are remarks: + only routed briefly for passive testing. remarks: + remarks: + If you are receiving unwanted traffic remarks: + it is almost certainly spoofed source remarks: + or hijacked address usage. remarks: + remarks: + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address_spoofing remarks: + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_internet_registry remarks: + remarks: ++++++++++++++++++ nic-hdl: AR302-AP tech-c: AH256-AP admin-c: AH256-AP mnt-by: MAINT-APNIC-AP changed: [email protected] 20110822 source: APNIC % This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.69.1-APNICv1r0 (WHOIS4)
