How is Britz for car hire in New Zealand? - Page 2

13th May 2005, 01:28 PM

So what is whois? Some sort of command line product?

TIA

Bob

"Frank Slootweg" <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in message
news:42826084$0$51933$dbd45001@news.wanadoo.nl...
> John H <JohnH4999@m> wrote:
> > And my YOU HAVE A BIG CHIP on your shoulder.
> > I notice you are posting from an Australian address
> > so why are you in Aust. complaining about life in NZ
> > ( I am Australian BTW)
> > John H
>
> He is not posting *from* an Australian address, but *with* an
> Australian *e-mail* address. Doesn't mean a thing. For example I have
> (amongst others) a German e-mail address, but live in The Netherlands.
>
> OTOH, he *does* post *from* a non-NZ IP address (see the
> "NNTP-Posting-Host:" header), namely a *US* one: 70.23.9.184 =
> pool-70-23-9-184.ny325.east.. Strange!
>
> whois -h whois.arin.net 70.23.9.184
> OrgName: Verizon Internet Services
> OrgID: VRIS
> Address: 1880 Campus Commons Dr
> City: Reston
> StateProv: VA
> PostalCode: 20191
> Country: US