From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 14 09:13:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA20030 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 09:13:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from scanner.worldgate.com (scanner.worldgate.com [198.161.84.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA20024 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 09:13:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcs@znep.com) Received: from znep.com (uucp@localhost) by scanner.worldgate.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id KAA22284; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:12:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by alive.znep.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA02574; Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:13:18 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 1997 10:13:18 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko To: Žoršur Ivarsson cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: weird IP address In-Reply-To: <3493FD12.2AF1873D@est.is> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id JAA20025 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Žoršur Ivarsson wrote: > > what is this then ? ... > > whois 1.1.1.1 > > [No name] (NS35365-HST) > > Hostname: NS.LOTTOSPORTS.COM > Address: 1.1.1.1 > System: ? running ? > > Record last updated on 26-Nov-97. > Database last updated on 14-Dec-97 05:23:51 EDT. > Just because someone registers a record using that address doesn't mean it is allocated to anyone. You can register whatever you feel like; the InterNIC doesn't care about anything as long as you pay. This is just like how you can put any IP address in your domain files without having anything to do with it. > > and the other way around > > %whois lottosports.com > Lotto Sports Inc. (LOTTOSPORTS2-DOM) > 10863 97st > Edmonton, AB T5H 2M6 > , > CA Hmm. Same city as me.