Address info

[tranquivox69 27]

I don't understand if it's a joke, it's an internal IP or what...

https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/213.152.161.30
 

Hostname:	30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa

https://dnslytics.com/ip/30.161.152.213

DoD Network Information Center (DNIC)

I'm not particularly paranoid but seeing DoD kind of... well. It's strange, I guess.
Am I missing something? Could this be the reason? https://www.markturner.net/2011/11/09/dod-ip-mystery-solved/

[Staff 9973]

Hello!

Consult the RIPE database too. If someone compiles a private database in which an addresses pool is assigned to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, would it be sufficient for you to believe that it is indeed assigned (and eventually used by) the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

$ whois 213.152.161.30
% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: this output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '213.152.161.0 - 213.152.161.184'

% Abuse contact for '213.152.161.0 - 213.152.161.184' is 'abuse@global-layer.com'

inetnum:        213.152.161.0 - 213.152.161.184
netname:        NL-AIR
descr:          AirVPN.org
country:        NL
descr:          ****************************************************
descr:          Alblasserdam datacenter
descr:          AirVPN IP Space
descr:          NL, Europe
descr:          ****************************************************

--- cut ---

Kind regards
 

[nexsteppe 24]

Personally, I am inclined to believe in any and all conspiracies by Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[go558a83nk 362]

5 hours ago, tranquivox69 said:

I don't understand if it's a joke, it's an internal IP or what...

https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/213.152.161.30
 

Hostname:	30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa

https://dnslytics.com/ip/30.161.152.213

DoD Network Information Center (DNIC)

I'm not particularly paranoid but seeing DoD kind of... well. It's strange, I guess.
Am I missing something? Could this be the reason? https://www.markturner.net/2011/11/09/dod-ip-mystery-solved/

please note the IP address is 213.152.161.30 NOT 30.161.152.213

[go558a83nk 362]

Just for clarity, here's the same service giving info on the correct IP.

https://dnslytics.com/ip/213.152.161.30

[Dawind 4]

A simple Google search would have told you what the 30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa means.

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For example, to do a reverse lookup of the IP address 8.8.4.4 the PTR record for the domain name 4.4.8.8.in-addr.arpa would be looked up, and found to point to google-public-dns-b.google.com.

If the A record for google-public-dns-b.google.com in turn pointed back to 8.8.4.4 then it would be said to be forward-confirmed.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup#IPv4_reverse_resolution

In other words, .in-addr.arpa are used for reverse DNS and the IP octets are "reversed". For some reason AirVPN has configured the reverse DNS (hostname on whatismyipaddress.com) to be 30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa, instead of server.airservers.org, which would make it forward-confirmed reverse DNS.

Mystery solved and Flying Spaghetti Monster wasn't the culprit. 😉

[SurprisedItWorks 49]

Don't forget that before the internet was the internet, it was the arpanet, as the original development was funded by Arpa, a part of the US DoD that eventually became Darpa.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.arpa or any number of other discussions online.

[User of AirVPN 46]

On 1/17/2020 at 6:17 AM, tranquivox69 said:

I don't understand if it's a joke, it's an internal IP or what...

https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/213.152.161.30
 

Hostname:	30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa

https://dnslytics.com/ip/30.161.152.213

DoD Network Information Center (DNIC)

I'm not particularly paranoid but seeing DoD kind of... well. It's strange, I guess.
Am I missing something? Could this be the reason? https://www.markturner.net/2011/11/09/dod-ip-mystery-solved/

I think I see the issue: You are looking up the IP address "30.161.152.213" which is not an AirVPN IP, it is the reverse DNS lookup of an AirVPN IP "213.152.161.30". The hostname "30.161.152.213.in-addr.arpa" relates to the AirVPN IP "213.152.161.30 ", with its octets reversed. The IP address 30.161.152.213 is not associated with AirVPN in any way

[tranquivox69 27]

Thanks to everybody for clarifying. As I wrote in the post I wasn't really worried, merely curious.

Pardon my ignorance, anyway.