Re: who owns IP

From: David (thunderbolt01@netscape.net)
Date: 11/28/02 

From: David <thunderbolt01@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:43:10 GMT

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> "Baho Utot" <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message

>>Yes interesting, maybe mickysnot is trying to hit my DNS server, caught by
>>my firewall of course. I justing wanted to see who was knocking at the
>>door.
>
>
> Heh. There are all sorts of commercial services that scan for DNS,
> traceroute information, etc. And a Mickeysnot hosted client may be doing
> other scans....

The times I catch M$ systems in my firewall isn't just one of their
ISP user accounts but a system that is actually registered to M$.com. 

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