The Planet & Server Owner Privacy

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=.
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