Wind(bl)ows doesn't have a "whois"  is there an equivalent command?


>From: Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Michael E. Cummins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: Firewalls Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Someone is scanning me right now
>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 19:14:48 -0600 (CST)
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>All these comments to use neotrace and other little tools like samspade
>are silly.  Nice little point and click toys for those folks that are
>stuck in windows and do not understand how to do a simple whois from a
>commandline to the proper authority in question.  sheesh folks, the man
>had the IP address in question already in his logs, so a simple:
>
>whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Points you to the whois server at ripe.net, so:
>
>whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>and the man has all the info needed to know whom to contact about the
>probes.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron DuFresne
>
>
>
>On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Michael E. Cummins wrote:
>
> > Just curious.
> >
> > Someone is gently scanning me right now from 195.158.132.218 ; out of
> > curiosity, I tried connecting to this IP on 21; 80; 119; etc. just to 
>see if
> > I would get any return info but was forcefully rejected on each attempt.
> > They were initially scanning for (according to my firewall logs) Net-Bus 
>PRO
> > and backdoor G-1 connections.  Now that I have his IP and time of
> > connection, what other information can I get about him so I can submit 
>him
> > to..  who?
> >
> > His ISP would be the most likely source to complain to, but how do I get
> > that?  What other information can I acquire to help nail him down?
> >
> > Any advice on what step to take next?  Probably too late to help me 
>catch
> > this one but I suppose there will always be a "next" one!
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >  ,_,
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