A netblock to watch

EuroAccess of the Netherlands has over the years provided IP addresses and network access for a number of unsavory websites of the jihadist/terrorist variety. At one point they also vowed to not reveal the name of their Saudi customer who was in turn either hosting or had customers who were hosting the problematic sites. Well, so much for all that:

inetnum: 194.165.42.0 - 194.165.42.255
netname: NASHIRNET-SA
descr: Nashirnet IPv4 Network
country: SA
org: ORG-NA167-RIPE
admin-c: KA1364-RIPE
tech-c: KA1364-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-by: EUROACCESS-MNT
mnt-routes: EUROACCESS-MNT
mnt-domains: EUROACCESS-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

organisation: ORG-NA167-RIPE
org-name: NASHIRNET-SA
org-type: NON-REGISTRY
address: National Computer Systems
P.O Box 540
Riyadh, Riyadh 11372
Saudi Arabia
e-mail: domain@nashirnet.net
phone: +96614657070
mnt-ref: EUROACCESS-MNT
mnt-by: EUROACCESS-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Khalid Alhalwan
address: National Computer Systems
Khalid Alhalwan (ID00003212)
P.O Box 540
Riyadh, Riyadh 11372
Saudi Arabia
phone: +96614657070
e-mail: khalid@nashirnet.net
nic-hdl: KA1364-RIPE
mnt-by: EUROACCESS-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '194.165.42.0/24AS34305'

route: 194.165.42.0/24
descr: EuroAccess Route
origin: AS34305
mnt-by: EUROACCESS-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

The trace still leads to Amsterdam.

Posted on 20 April 2006 @ 15:07