RE: Whois -a?

["John Murphy" <nanog () mail murfnet com>]

Straight from the MAN page Roeland (man whois)...

...
DESCRIPTION
     Whois looks up records in the databases maintained by several Network
In-
     formation Centers (NICs).

     The options are as follows:

     -a      Use the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) database.
             It contains network numbers used in those parts of the world
cov-
             ered neither by APNIC nor by RIPE. Contact (handle) information
             should be looked up by appending "-ARIN" to the NIC handle:
...

-----------------------Original Message-----------------------
> From:  Roeland Meyer
> To:  Vivien M.;nanog () nanog org
> Date:  5/15/01  5:16 AM
> Subject:  RE: To CAIS Engineers - WAKE UP AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS
>
>
> > From: Vivien M. [mailto:vivienm () dyndns org]
> > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:44 PM
>
> > As someone posted before (but you probably didn't read):
>
> Actually, I read it just fine. Yes, that is the block that is in use here.
I
> just don't know who the hell Alex Black is. I also asked SpeakEasy. Weeks
> later, I'm still waiting for an answer.
>
> > vivienm@amethyst:~$ host www.mhsc.com
> > www.mhsc.com is a nickname for vweb1.mhsc.com
> > vweb1.mhsc.com has address 216.27.184.250
> > vivienm@amethyst:~$ whois -a 216.27.184.250
>
> When did '-a' become a whois option?
>
> > Speakeasy Network (NETBLK-SPEAKEASY-4) SPEAKEASY-4
> >                                                  216.27.128.0 -
> > 216.27.191.255
> > Black, Alex (NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0) SPEK-RMEYER-0
> >                                                216.27.184.224 -
> > 216.27.184.255
>
> > vivienm@amethyst:~$ whois -a \!NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0
> > Black, Alex (NETBLK-SPEK-RMEYER-0)
> >    440 Mission Court
> >    Fremont, CA 94539
> >    US
> >
> >    Netname: SPEK-RMEYER-0
> >    Netblock: 216.27.184.224 - 216.27.184.255
> >
> >    Coordinator:
> >       Stollar, Andreas  (AS3414-ARIN)  abuse () speakeasy net
> >       +1-206-728-9770 (FAX) (206)728-1500
>
> > Now, I realize your name isn't Alex Black (unless you have multiple
> > personalities), but it sure looks to me like SpeakEasy knows 
> > how to SWIP
> > (and the SPEK-RMEYER-0 name suggests they were trying to SWIP 
> > it to you).
>
> Among other things, I'm also a SysAdmin. Of course, I have multiple
> personalities! But, Alex Black isn't one of them. Also note, Andreas
> Stoller's email addr. Do you actually think I would get any sort of
response
> if I sent an email there? I might as well send it to abuse () mhsc net. He
> probably uses the same bit-bucket that mhsc.net does (the /dev/null brand).