What is the problem with RIPE asking who I am?

[Fred H]

* MBAM BLOCKS THIS IP ADDRESS:

11:53:14 f IP-BLOCK 90.156.178.18

* ME Q WHOIS:

http://ws.arin.net/whois/?queryinput=90.156.178.18

* WHOIS A SHORT:

NetRange: 90.0.0.0 - 90.255.255.255

OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre

* Q:

What is the problem with RIPE asking who I am? A lot of other IP-adddresses in the RIPE range are also blocked.

I don't understand. Please explain.

* WHOIS ANSWER LONG:

OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre

OrgID: RIPE

Address: P.O. Box 10096

City: Amsterdam

StateProv:

PostalCode: 1001EB

Country: NL

ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43

NetRange: 90.0.0.0 - 90.255.255.255

CIDR: 90.0.0.0/8

NetName: 90-RIPE

NetHandle: NET-90-0-0-0-1

Parent:

NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC

NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET

NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET

NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET

NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE

NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET

NameServer: NS2.LACNIC.NET

Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in

Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in

Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois

RegDate: 2005-06-30

Updated: 2009-05-18

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[MysteryFCM]

You've misunderstood I'm afraid. RIPE are a registry, they lease out ranges to third parties (just as the other registry's do).

The actual owners of this IP are;

inetnum: 90.156.178.0 - 90.156.179.255
netname: vega-net
descr: Sovremennye Internet Tehnologii, ZAO, provide public web services
country: RU
admin-c: DK1701-RIPE
tech-c: DK1701-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: MASTERHOST-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

person: Dmitriy Kirhlarov
nic-hdl: DK1701-RIPE
address: 143968 Reutov, Moscow region, Pobedy 22-2, 161
e-mail: dimma@higis.ru
phone: +7 985 7769097
fax-no: +7 985 7769097
mnt-by: MASTERHOST-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

:: Information related to '90.156.128.0/17AS25532'

route: 90.156.128.0/17
descr: .masterhost
origin: AS25532
mnt-by: MASTERHOST-MNT
mnt-routes: MASTERHOST-MNT
mnt-routes: OCOM-MNT {90.156.224.0/20}
source: RIPE # Filtered

:: Information related to '90.156.128.0/18AS25532'

route: 90.156.128.0/18
descr: .masterhost
origin: AS25532
mnt-by: MASTERHOST-MNT
source: RIPE # Filtered

Ref:

http://hosts-file.net/?s=90.156.178.18