It’s quite simple to do a whois on an IP hosted at ThePlanet and get extra information about the person. Implications: good & bad
root# [~]# whois 70.85.27.85 -h rwhois.theplanet.com -p 4321 [Querying rwhois.theplanet.com] [rwhois.theplanet.com] %rwhois V-1.5:003eff:00 whois.theplanet.com (by Network Solutions, Inc. V-1.5.9.5) network:Class-Name:network network:ID:THEPLANET-BLK-13 network:Auth-Area:70.84.0.0/14 network:Network-Name:TPIS-BLK-70-85-27-0 network:IP-Network:70.85.27.80/28 network:IP-Network-Block:70.85.27.80 - 70.85.27.95 network:Organization-Name:[xxxx xxxx] network:Organization-City:Warriewood network:Organization-Zip:1622 network:Organization-Country:AU network:Description-Usage:customer network:Server-Pri:ns1.theplanet.com network:Server-Sec:ns2.theplanet.com network:Tech-Contact;I:abuse@theplanet.com network:Admin-Contact;I:abuse@theplanet.com network:Created:20041129 network:Updated:20041129 %referral rwhois://root.rwhois.net:4321/auth-area=. %ok
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