[ale] Recommended public DNS server

[Jim Popovitch]

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 23:32 -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>> Aaron,
>>
>> I'm not even sure that I want to know how you came up with those
>> details, but....  The real holder of 4.2.2.x is Level3.
> 
> dig -x 4.2.2.1 gives:
> 1.2.2.4.in-addr.arpa.   86400   IN      PTR     vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net.
> 
> and whois gtei.net says:
> Registrant:
>         Verizon Trademark Services LLC (DOM-384172)
>         1320 North Court House Road
>         Arlington VA 22201
>         US

jimpop at svr3~$ whois 4.2.2.1

OrgName:    Level 3 Communications, Inc.
OrgID:      LVLT
Address:    1025 Eldorado Blvd.
City:       Broomfield
StateProv:  CO
PostalCode: 80021
Country:    US

NetRange:   4.0.0.0 - 4.255.255.255
CIDR:       4.0.0.0/8
NetName:    LVLT-ORG-4-8
NetHandle:  NET-4-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.LEVEL3.NET
NameServer: NS2.LEVEL3.NET
Comment:
RegDate:
Updated:    2004-06-04

OrgAbuseHandle: APL8-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Abuse POC LVLT
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-877-453-8353
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse at level3.com

OrgTechHandle: ARINC4-ARIN
OrgTechName:   ARIN Contact
OrgTechPhone:  +1-800-436-8489
OrgTechEmail:  arin-contact at genuity.com

OrgTechHandle: TPL1-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Tech POC LVLT
OrgTechPhone:  +1-877-453-8353
OrgTechEmail:  ipaddressing at level3.com

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2006-09-10 19:55
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you can also go here: http://ws.arin.net/whois and enter 4.2.2.x

-Jim P.