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from: David W. Hodgins
date: 2018-10-15 15:36:00
subject: Re: Does Symantec own 89.

From: "David W. Hodgins" 

On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:01:42 -0400, Virus Guy  wrote:

> Can anyone here confirm that this netblock:
>
> Block start  	89.234.68.64
> End of block	89.234.68.127
> is owned by Symantec as follows:

According to the whois output, yes.

> ----------------
> Block name  	SYMANTEC-NET
> AS number  	31122
> Country  	IE, Ireland
> Description  	Symantec Corporation
> Parent block	89.234.64.0-89.234.127.255
> Updated	2018/07/28
> ---------------

There is more info in whois indicating it's maintained by DIGIWEB-MNT
role:           Digiweb Network Engineering
nic-hdl:        DGWB1-RIPE
address:        Digiweb Ltd.
address:        IDA Business Park
address:        Dundalk
address:        Co. Louth
address:        Republic of Ireland
phone:          +353 (42) 9393300
fax-no:         +353 (42) 9396410
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@digiweb.ie

> If so, then why is an IP address within that block periodically hitting
> my website, using the following as the User-Agent:

You're speculation is as good as mine for that.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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