[dns-operations] Strange things at C root name server

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 09:38:47PM +0100,
 Elmar K. Bins <elmi at 4ever.de> wrote 
 a message of 36 lines which said:

> > Second, c.root-servers.org (.org, the Web server) does not reply and
> > its IP address is allocated to Orange Ivory Coast (which started to
> > announce this prefix four days ago).
> 
> I can't find it allocated or assigned to Orange; I only see the /8 in
> ARIN's records. Where did you see the allocation?

whois.

% whois 38.230.3.4
...
Found a referral to rwhois.cogentco.com:4321.

%rwhois V-1.5:0010b0:00 rwhois.cogentco.com (CGNT rwhoisd 1.2.0)
network:ID:NET4-26E6000011
network:Network-Name:NET4-26E6000011
network:IP-Network:38.230.0.0/17
network:Org-Name:Orange Cote d'Ivoire
network:Street-Address:CABLE SAT3 CLS, RUA AMÉLIA FRADE
network:City:SESIMBRA
network:Country:PT
network:Postal-Code:2970 – 712
network:Tech-Contact:ZC108-ARIN
network:Updated:2024-05-10 16:33:20