On Friday 26 July 2002 22:21, Toby Bartels wrote:
The guy attacking [[User:Rlee0001]] is back with a new IP. I blocked it (see [[Special:Blockedips]], but I'm new at this sort of thing, so if there's anything that I should know when I become part of a cabal -- like how to figure out if an IP is dynamic and when to unblock it? -- then somebody should tell me.
[phma@neofelis /tmp]$ whois 66.24.193.53@whois.arin.net [whois.arin.net] ROADRUNNER-NYS (NETBLK-ROADRUNNER-NYS) 13241 Woodland Park Road Herndon, VA 20171 US
Netname: ROADRUNNER-NYS Netblock: 66.24.0.0 - 66.24.255.255 Maintainer: RRNS
Coordinator: ServiceCo LLC (ZS30-ARIN) abuse@rr.com 1-703-345-3416
Domain System inverse mapping provided by:
DNS1.RR.COM 24.30.200.3 DNS2.RR.COM 24.30.201.3 DNS3.RR.COM 24.30.199.7 DNS4.RR.COM 65.24.0.172
ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE [phma@neofelis /tmp]$ nslookup 66.24.193.53 Name: alb-66-24-193-53.nycap.rr.com Address: 66.24.193.53
Road Runner addresses are generally dynamic, though people who leave their computers on all the time get the same address for months. You may want to complain to abuse@rr.com and ask them to lart the vandal. This one appears to be in Albany, New York.
phma