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inetnum:        140.181.0.0 - 140.181.255.255
netname:        GSI-DE
descr:          GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH
descr:          Darmstadt
country:        DE
admin-c:        WS956-RIPE
tech-c:         WS956-RIPE
status:         LEGACY
mnt-by:         DFN-LIR-MNT
mnt-irt:        IRT-DFN-CERT
mnt-lower:      DFN-LIR-MNT
mnt-routes:     DFN-MNT
created:        2001-10-23T08:59:56Z
last-modified:  2019-12-04T13:08:27Z
source:         RIPE

person:         Walter Schoen
address:        GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH
address:        Planckstrasse 1
address:        64291 Darmstadt
address:        Germany
phone:          +49 6159 71 2126
fax-no:         +49 6159 71 2986
nic-hdl:        WS956-RIPE
mnt-by:         DFN-NTFY
created:        2004-02-13T09:53:24Z
last-modified:  2009-01-24T13:27:15Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '140.181.0.0/16AS680'

route:          140.181.0.0/16
descr:          GSI
origin:         AS680
mnt-by:         DFN-MNT
created:        1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
last-modified:  2001-09-22T09:33:55Z
source:         RIPE

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