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% Information related to '212.79.176.0 - 212.79.176.255'

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inetnum:        212.79.176.0 - 212.79.176.255
netname:        RSB-Netz176
descr:          RS Breitband GmbH
country:        DE
admin-c:        TOPS1-RIPE
tech-c:         tops1-ripe
status:         ASSIGNED PA
abuse-c:        TOPS1-RIPE
mnt-by:         tops-ripe-mnt
created:        2013-03-14T16:46:18Z
last-modified:  2023-04-17T11:28:41Z
source:         RIPE
remarks:        ---------------------------------------------------------------
remarks:        To report spam or network abuse please mailto: abuse@tops.net
remarks:        ---------------------------------------------------------------

role:           tops.net DNS Guardian
address:        tops.net GmbH & Co. KG
address:        Holtorfer Str. 35
address:        D-53229 Bonn
address:        Germany
phone:          +49 228 9771 0
fax-no:         +49 228 9771 199
admin-c:        TOPS2-RIPE
tech-c:         TOPS2-RIPE
nic-hdl:        TOPS1-RIPE
remarks:        Internic: TN54-ORG
mnt-by:         TOPS-RIPE-MNT
created:        1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
last-modified:  2018-01-08T09:53:17Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@tops.net

% Information related to '212.79.176.0/20as12581'

route:          212.79.176.0/20
descr:          tops.net-Network-176-to-191
origin:         as12581
mnt-by:         tops-ripe-mnt
created:        2015-06-09T14:58:00Z
last-modified:  2015-06-09T14:58:00Z
source:         RIPE

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