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% Information related to '156.17.0.0 - 156.17.255.255'

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inetnum:        156.17.0.0 - 156.17.255.255
netname:        WASK
country:        PL
org:            ORG-WCoN1-RIPE
admin-c:        WO86-RIPE
tech-c:         WO86-RIPE
status:         LEGACY
remarks:        operational in the area of Wroclaw and
remarks:        region of Lower Silesia
remarks:        -------------
remarks:        abuse complaints to: abuse@wask.wroc.pl
remarks:        -------------
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-LEGACY-MNT
mnt-by:         AS8970-MNT
mnt-lower:      AS8970-MNT
mnt-routes:     AS8970-MNT
mnt-domains:    AS8970-MNT
created:        2002-05-20T09:04:22Z
last-modified:  2016-07-28T09:31:22Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

organisation:   ORG-WCoN1-RIPE
org-name:       Wroclaw Centre of Networking and Supercomputing
country:        PL
org-type:       LIR
address:        Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27
address:        50-370
address:        Wroclaw
address:        POLAND
phone:          +48713203985
fax-no:         +48713225797
admin-c:        WD1643-RIPE
admin-c:        DW3812-RIPE
tech-c:         WO86-RIPE
mnt-ref:        AS8970-MNT
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         AS8970-MNT
abuse-c:        WARO1-RIPE
created:        2004-04-17T11:48:32Z
last-modified:  2021-06-21T12:28:05Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           WASK Operations
address:        Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing
address:        Plac Grunwaldzki 9
address:        50-377 Wroclaw, Poland
phone:          +48713202080
phone:          +48713202520
phone:          +48713203985
fax-no:         +48713225797
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@wask.wroc.pl
admin-c:        DW3812-RIPE
tech-c:         WD1643-RIPE
nic-hdl:        WO86-RIPE
mnt-by:         AS8970-MNT
created:        2003-12-03T12:35:09Z
last-modified:  2021-06-21T12:26:52Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '156.17.0.0/16AS8970'

route:          156.17.0.0/16
descr:          WASK
origin:         AS8970
mnt-lower:      AS8970-MNT
mnt-routes:     AS8970-MNT
mnt-by:         AS8970-MNT
created:        1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
last-modified:  2006-09-01T08:54:12Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

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