Black Hole Server

[rphips]

I recently discovers a IP address in my DNS that I did not know where it came from.
So I looked it up in arin.net and they gave the following

OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgID: IANA
Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
City: Marina del Rey
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90292-6695
Country: US

NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255
CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16
NetName: LINKLOCAL
NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1
Parent: NET-169-0-0-0-0
NetType: IANA Special Use
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG
NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG
Comment: Please see RFC 3330 for additional information.
RegDate: 1998-01-27
Updated: 2002-10-14

OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org

OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org

does anybody know what this means and what it could do?


bob

Jones' Law
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on.

 

[chiph]

RFC 3330 says this:
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169.254.0.0/16 - This is the "link local" block. It is allocated for communication between hosts on a single link. Hosts obtain these addresses by auto-configuration, such as when a DHCP server may not be found.
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Chip H.


If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ222-2244 first

 

[wbg34]

http://www.iana.org/faqs/abuse-faq.htm#FAQonBlackholeServers

 

[rphips]

Thanks guys
just one more question

Do I need this in my DNS?



bob

Jones' Law
The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on.

 

[Xemus]

No. 169.254.x.x (Automatic Private IP Address) are safe to delete from your DNS records.

http://www.closedsocket.com