Help Reading "Whois"

[olds]

Is this person posting from MD or is it just that their ISP is there? When I look at my logs, their address is "username"@localhost.com "username" is just a space filler to hide their real address.

Request: 66.82.9.79
from whois.arin.net:43 [cached Sat Apr 3 05:04:57 2004 UTC]

OrgName: Hughes Network Systems
OrgID: HNS
Address: 11717 Exploration Lane
Address: DirecWAY Network Management Center
Address: attn: Network Security Manager
City: Germantown
StateProv: MD
PostalCode: 20876
Country: US

NetRange: 66.82.0.0 - 66.82.255.255
CIDR: 66.82.0.0/16
NetName: DIRECPC-1BLK
NetHandle: NET-66-82-0-0-1
Parent: NET-66-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.DIRECPC.COM
NameServer: NS2.DIRECPC.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-02-28
Updated: 2003-01-21

TechHandle: ZD63-ARIN
TechName: DirecPC
TechPhone: +1-301-601-7205
TechEmail: abuse@direcpc.com

OrgTechHandle: NSM5-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network Security Manager
OrgTechPhone: +1-301-601-7205
OrgTechEmail: abuse@direcpc.com

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-04-02 19:15
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[rh71]

Nope, that's just the ISP - direcpc's registrar info.

Just like if I tracert my IP address, I get my ISP's domain name... and that's essentially who you "WHOIS'd".

 

[olds]

Thanks. I know some of the IPs I whois come back with local addresses.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Thanks. I know some of the IPs I whois come back with local addresses.

Well you can't WHOIS ip addresses... only domain names... and domain names go through name servers which are webhosts/ISPs.

The only thing I can think of ... a scenario like you describe is if the person's IP address (domain name) was their own webserver they run at "home" and have some sort of dedicated pipe.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Thanks. I know some of the IPs I whois come back with local addresses.

Well you can't WHOIS ip addresses... only domain names... and domain names go through name servers which are webhosts/ISPs.

The only thing I can think of ... a scenario like you describe is if the person's IP address (domain name) was their own webserver they run at "home" and have some sort of dedicated pipe.

Thanks again. The other IPs I am running a resolve tool on come back with local addresses. I assumed I was on to something but they apprently just have local ISPs. Thanks for clearing that up for me.