Hi Tom and community members,
Thanks for your guys help on this.
Warm Regards, Sun
Subject: [APNIC #2582001] Inquiry about abuse
From: helpdesk@apnic.net
To: chaoaunccsun@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 16:38:56 +1000
Dear Sun,
Thank you for your information.
The IP address you refer to is not registered to networks in the Asia Pacific region.
This is the reason why you cannot find the IP registration details of 172.197.0.0/16 in the APNIC Whois Database. This block is registered
and delegated by ARIN.
However, if you complete a search on the our web APNIC Whois Database (link below), the registration shows that this block is delegated by ARIN.
http://www.apnic.net/whois
If your search via the above link it will give you the answer from the
authoritative RIR.
Below is a search result from the link above:
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% APNIC found the following authoritative answer from: whois.arin.net
#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=172.197.0.0?showDetails=true&showARIN=...
#
NetRange: 172.192.0.0 - 172.216.255.255
CIDR: 172.208.0.0/13, 172.216.0.0/16, 172.192.0.0/12
OriginAS:
NetName: AOL-172BLK-2
NetHandle: NET-172-192-0-0-1
Parent: NET-172-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2002-02-13
Updated: 2012-03-20
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-172-192-0-0-1
OrgName: America Online
OrgId: AOL
Address: 22000 AOL Way
City: Dulles
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20166
Country: US
RegDate: 1992-04-01
Updated: 2012-10-15
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/AOL
OrgAbuseHandle: AOL382-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse
OrgAbusePhone: +1-703-265-4670
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@aol.net
OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/AOL382-ARIN
OrgNOCHandle: AOL236-ARIN
OrgNOCName: NOC
OrgNOCPhone: +1-703-265-4670
OrgNOCEmail: noc@aol.net
OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/AOL236-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: AOL-NOC-ARIN
OrgTechName: America Online Inc
OrgTechPhone: +1-703-265-4462
OrgTechEmail: domains@aol.net
OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/AOL-NOC-ARIN
RTechHandle: AOL-NOC-ARIN
RTechName: America Online Inc
RTechPhone: +1-703-265-4462
RTechEmail: domains@aol.net
RTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/AOL-NOC-ARIN
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You may also refer to the ARIN Database for more information on the IP address listed in your report.
ARIN database - USA, Canada, parts of the Caribbean:
http://www.arin.net/tools/whois_help.html
I hope this information is of assistance.
Kind regards,
APNIC Helpdesk helpdesk@apnic.net
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3188
PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199
6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net
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On Thu Apr 03 10:18:03 2014, chaoaunccsun@outlook.com wrote:
hello,
ips within 172.197.0.0/16 has been used to keep sending out the spam
emails.
however, i cannot find how to reach its abuse contact via APNIC
whois.
can anyone help on this and pass me its abuse contact info?
thanks,
sun
