What's ARIN got to do with it?
route: 216.119.248.0/21
descr: Nuvox Communications
origin: AS16994
notify: bgp@nuvox.net
mnt-by: MAINT-AS11456
changed: dfh@nuvox.net 20020130
source: RADB
-David Barak
"Quis custodes ipsos custodiet?" - Juvenal
Uhhh, from IANA:
216/8 ARIN - North America Apr 98
From ARIN:
whois -h whois.arin.net 216.119.248.0
No match for "216.119.248.0".
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% NO MATCH TIP %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
% %
% ALL OF THE POINT OF CONTACT HANDLES IN THE ARIN %
% WHOIS END WITH "-ARIN", IF YOU ARE QUERYING A POINT %
% OF CONTACT HANDLE PLEASE ADD -ARIN TO YOUR QUERY. %
% %
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
The ARIN Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet
Network Information: Networks, ASN's, and related POC's.
Please use the whois server at rs.internic.net for DOMAIN related
Information and whois.nic.mil for NIPRNET Information.
So, there's a disjointment somewhere. RADB is not an registrar, just
a way to do route filtering.
Charlie
This block and the 216.119.224.0/21 are assigned to a company recently
acquired by NuVox Communications. When our M&A Team queried them about
these ARIN "No Match" blocks, we were told it was a 'technical issue' with
ARIN and it's being worked. We are working staff from the acquired company
and ARIN to resolve these issues. In the mean time, if you have any spam
complaints regarding these netblocks please send them to
postmaster@nuvox.net.
John Murphy
Network Engineer
NuVox Communications, Inc.
Time to filter unallocated blocks.