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% Information related to '212.223.0.0 - 212.223.255.255'

% Abuse contact for '212.223.0.0 - 212.223.255.255' is 'abuse@ratiokontakt.de'

inetnum:        212.223.0.0 - 212.223.255.255
netname:        DE-RAK-980824
country:        DE
org:            ORG-RN1-RIPE
admin-c:        RA7584-RIPE
tech-c:         RA7584-RIPE
status:         ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         MNT-RAK2014
created:        2001-12-17T10:18:37Z
last-modified:  2016-06-27T08:26:37Z
source:         RIPE

organisation:   ORG-RN1-RIPE
org-name:       Ratiokontakt GmbH
country:        DE
org-type:       LIR
address:        Starkenfeldstr. 21
address:        96050
address:        Bamberg
address:        GERMANY
phone:          +49 951 93535 0
fax-no:         +49 951 93535902
admin-c:        SH12484-RIPE
admin-c:        MH19853-RIPE
tech-c:         RA7584-RIPE
abuse-c:        RA7584-RIPE
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-ref:        MNT-RAK2014
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         MNT-RAK2014
created:        2004-04-17T11:11:37Z
last-modified:  2023-01-30T16:30:17Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           RATIOKONTAKT-STAFF
remarks:
remarks:        ......................_....._._.............
remarks:        ._.__.._.__._____..._(_).__|.(_)_.__...__._.
remarks:        |.'_.\|.'__/._.\.\./.|.|/._`.|.|.'_.\./._`.|
remarks:        |.|_).|.|.|.(_).\.V./|.|.(_|.|.|.|.|.|.(_|.|
remarks:        |..__/|_|..\___/.\_/.|_|\__,_|_|_|.|_|\__,.|
remarks:        |_|...................................|___/.
remarks:        ....._.................._..___...___...__...
remarks:        .___(_)_.__...___.___../.|/._.\./._.\././_..
remarks:        /.__|.|.'_.\./.__/._.\.|.|.(_).|.(_).|.'_.\.
remarks:        \__.|.|.|.|.|.(_|..__/.|.|\__,.|\__,.|.(_).|
remarks:        |___|_|_|.|_|\___\___|.|_|../_/.../_/.\___/.
remarks:        ............................................
remarks:
address:        ratiokontakt GmbH
address:        Starkenfeldstr. 21
address:        D-96050 Bamberg
address:        Germany
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@ratiokontakt.de
phone:          +49 951 93535-0
remarks:        ----------------------------------------------------
remarks:
remarks:        ratiokontakt is located at the following exchange points:
remarks:        N-IX - AS8741
remarks:        We have an open peering policy, both ipv4 and ipv6
remarks:
remarks:        PEERING REQUEST? peering@ratiokontakt.de
remarks:        ABUSE? abuse@ratiokontakt.de
remarks:        SPEAK BGP? noc@ratiokontakt.de
remarks:        SOMETHING'S BROKEN? technik@ratiokontakt.de
remarks:        SOMETHING ELSE? info@ratiokontakt.de
remarks:
remarks:        ----------------------------------------------------
remarks:
nic-hdl:        RA7584-RIPE
admin-c:        SH12484-RIPE
admin-c:        MH19853-RIPE
tech-c:         MN13602-RIPE
tech-c:         RA11176-RIPE
mnt-by:         MNT-RAK2014
created:        2014-11-10T16:56:45Z
last-modified:  2024-10-28T13:21:16Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '212.223.0.0/16AS8741'

route:          212.223.0.0/16
descr:          ratiokontakt GmbH
origin:         AS8741
mnt-by:         MNT-RAK2014
created:        1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
last-modified:  2014-11-10T17:46:25Z
source:         RIPE

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4 records found for '212.223.157.197'
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