Survey
We conducted an extensive search for pingable nodes in Somalia. The tool PingER Host Searcher was used with a variety of inputs. We did not find any node registered under the domain .so. The servers -- commercial, non-profit as well as academic websites -- which we did find after a manual search were not hosted within Somalia. The universities in Somalia were also scanned, however all were hosted in countries other than Somalia.
We then used nmap to scan a set IP ranges registered by Somalia. To date (07/31/2009) we haven't scanned all the ranges. However among those that we have scanned we did find some pingable nodes. Please see the next section for these results. We verified our results using the GeoIPTool.
Legend: Red - No pingable nodes; Grey - not tested; and Green: Has pingable node.
80.78.16.156 80.78.16.159
80.78.18.120 80.78.18.127
80.78.20.232 80.78.20.239
80.84.146.32 80.84.146.39
80.231.23.0 80.231.23.255
82.205.243.64 82.205.243.71
82.206.130.192 82.206.130.255
83.229.27.0 83.229.27.255
83.229.63.0 83.229.63.127
193.219.208.192 193.219.208.207
193.219.209.0 193.219.209.31
193.219.209.112 193.219.209.127
193.219.209.224 193.219.209.255
193.219.211.176 193.219.211.255
193.219.236.192 193.219.236.255
193.219.242.0 193.219.243.255
193.220.17.64 193.220.17.255
193.220.44.0 193.220.44.255
193.220.48.0 193.220.49.255
193.220.51.0 193.220.51.255
193.220.73.0 193.220.73.95
193.220.75.0 193.220.75.63
193.220.208.0 193.220.211.255
202.80.171.0 202.80.171.63
205.234.179.24 205.234.179.31
213.187.131.144 213.187.131.151
213.187.131.176 213.187.131.183
213.255.193.208 213.255.193.215
213.255.198.160 213.255.198.167
213.255.198.216 213.255.198.223
216.246.26.192 216.246.26.199
217.15.124.0 217.15.124.127
217.20.243.1 217.20.243.63
217.74.232.0 217.74.232.127
217.194.157.192 217.194.157.199
We obtained 5 hosts by this method. They were: 80.231.23.62, 80.231.23.133, 80.231.23.77, 80.231.23.88, 80.231.23.247. they are all in the same 4th octet and believed to be in the Dur Dur Telecom domain. This not only violates the principal of obtaining diverse hosts to represent a country, but also since it is a Telecom is likely to have better connectivity than
most of the hosts in the country. However, being unable to find any other hosts we added these to the database.
Pingable IP addresses
80.231.23.51 80.231.23.56 80.231.23.57 80.231.23.62 80.231.23.63 80.231.23.64 80.231.23.65 80.231.23.66 80.231.23.69 80.231.23.70 80.231.23.73 80.231.23.76 80.231.23.77 80.231.23.78 80.231.23.80 80.231.23.83 80.231.23.86 80.231.23.88 80.231.23.93 80.231.23.95 80.231.23.102 80.231.23.103 80.231.23.104 80.231.23.117 80.231.23.118 80.231.23.121 80.231.23.123 80.231.23.124 80.231.23.125 80.231.23.128 80.231.23.129 80.231.23.133 80.231.23.137 80.231.23.236 80.231.23.247 80.231.23.252 80.231.23.253
Whois results
umar@ptolemy ~ > whois 80.231.23.95 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: 80.0.0.0 - 80.255.255.255 CIDR: 80.0.0.0/8 NetName: 80-RIPE NetHandle: NET-80-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE NameServer: SNS-PB.ISC.ORG NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.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: Updated: 2009-03-25 # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2009-07-30 19:02 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf % Note: This output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % Information related to '80.231.23.0 - 80.231.23.255' inetnum: 80.231.23.0 - 80.231.23.255 netname: DUR-DUR-TELECOM-TGB descr: Dur-Dur Telecom country: SO admin-c: MAD26-RIPE tech-c: OM706-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS8297-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: Mohamed Abshir Dirie address: Bakaro Markt address: Shaakir Building First Floor address: Somalia phone: +002521-601611 fax-no: +002525934011 e-mail: dirie@t-online.de nic-hdl: MAD26-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered person: Omar Mire address: Bakaro Markt address: Shaakir Building First Floor address: Somalia phone: +002525934011 fax-no: +002521-601611 e-mail: omire2001@yahoo.com nic-hdl: OM706-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered % Information related to '80.231.0.0/16AS6453' route: 80.231.0.0/16 descr: TATA Communications origin: AS6453 mnt-by: TELEGLOBE-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered
Snippet of NMAP Results Dump
umar@ptolemy ~ > sudo nmap -sS 80.231.23.0-255 Starting Nmap 4.85BETA9 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-07-31 16:41 PDT All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.30 are closed Interesting ports on 80.231.23.34: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet Interesting ports on 80.231.23.42: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet Interesting ports on 80.231.23.47: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet Interesting ports on 80.231.23.48: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.51 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.56 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.57 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.62 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.63 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.64 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.65 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.66 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.69 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.70 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.73 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.76 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.77 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.78 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.80 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.83 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.86 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.88 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.93 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.95 are closed Interesting ports on 80.231.23.102: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.103 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.104 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.117 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.118 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.121 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.123 are closed Interesting ports on 80.231.23.124: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.125 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.128 are closed Interesting ports on 80.231.23.129: Not shown: 999 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 23/tcp open telnet All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.133 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.137 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.236 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.247 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.252 are closed All 1000 scanned ports on 80.231.23.253 are closed Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (42 hosts up) scanned in 116.21 seconds umar@ptolemy ~ > ping 80.231.23.133 PING 80.231.23.133 (80.231.23.133): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.133: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=896.898 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.133: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=923.221 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.133: icmp_seq=2 ttl=52 time=858.702 ms ^C --- 80.231.23.133 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 25% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 858.702/892.940/923.221/26.488 ms umar@ptolemy ~ > ping 80.231.23.137 PING 80.231.23.137 (80.231.23.137): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.137: icmp_seq=0 ttl=238 time=893.453 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.137: icmp_seq=1 ttl=238 time=843.788 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.137: icmp_seq=2 ttl=238 time=893.968 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.137: icmp_seq=3 ttl=238 time=849.055 ms ^C --- 80.231.23.137 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 20% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 843.788/870.066/893.968/23.718 ms umar@ptolemy ~ > ping -c 2 80.231.23.236 PING 80.231.23.236 (80.231.23.236): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.236: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=908.749 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.236: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=850.952 ms --- 80.231.23.236 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 850.952/879.851/908.749/28.898 ms umar@ptolemy ~ > ping -c 2 80.231.23.247 PING 80.231.23.247 (80.231.23.247): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.247: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=862.368 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.247: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=907.638 ms --- 80.231.23.247 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 862.368/885.003/907.638/22.635 ms umar@ptolemy ~ > ping -c 2 80.231.23.252 PING 80.231.23.252 (80.231.23.252): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.252: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=882.087 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.252: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=894.030 ms --- 80.231.23.252 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 882.087/888.058/894.030/5.972 ms umar@ptolemy ~ > ping -c 2 80.231.23.253 PING 80.231.23.253 (80.231.23.253): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 80.231.23.253: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=852.748 ms 64 bytes from 80.231.23.253: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=890.497 ms --- 80.231.23.253 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 852.748/871.622/890.497/18.875 ms umar@ptolemy ~ >