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Domain Name: buap.mx

Created On: 1992-01-31
Expiration Date: 2022-01-30
Last Updated On: 2021-01-27
Registrar: Akky (Una division de NIC Mexico)
URL: http://www.akky.mx
Whois TCP URI: whois.akky.mx
Whois Web URL: http://www.akky.mx/herramientas/whois.jsf

Registrant:
Name: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma dePuebla
City: Puebla
State: Puebla
Country: Mexico

Administrative Contact:
Name: BUAP HOSTMASTER SIU-BUAP
City: Puebla
State: Puebla
Country: Mexico

Technical Contact:
Name: BUAP HOSTMASTER SIU-BUAP
City: PUEBLA
State: Puebla
Country: Mexico

Billing Contact:
Name: BUAP HOSTMASTER SIU-BUAP
City: Puebla
State: Puebla
Country: Mexico

Name Servers:
DNS: ns1.buap.mx 148.228.1.100
DNS: ns4.buap.mx 148.228.1.200

DNSSEC DS Records:

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% currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the
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% of domain names and the operation of the DNS administered by NIC Mexico.

% It is absolutely prohibited to use the Information for other purposes,
% including sending not requested emails for advertising or promoting products
% and services purposes (SPAM) without the authorization of the owners of the
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% NOTA: La fecha de expiracion mostrada en esta consulta es la fecha que el
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% La informacion que ha solicitado se provee exclusivamente para fines
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% administrado por NIC Mexico.

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% envio de Correos Electronicos no solicitados con fines publicitarios o de
% promocion de productos y servicios (SPAM) sin mediar la autorizacion de los
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IP Address
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Country
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Region
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City
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Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool used to track the pathway taken by a packet on an IP network from source to destination. Traceroute also records the time taken for each hop the packet makes during its route to the destination. Traceroute uses ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo packets with variable time to live values. The response time of each hop is calculated. To guarantee accuracy, each hop is queried multiple times (usually three times) to better measure the response of that particular hop.