On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:51:53PM -0700, Dennis Glatting wrote:
> 
> This is going to sound strange, but does your printer call the FBI?
> 
> I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem:
> 
>       Oct 17 03:43:33 btw /kernel: Oct 17 03:41:34 btw /kernel:
>       ipfw: 7800 Unreach TCP 12.1.224.109:80 206.129.5.146:1115
>       in via xl1
> 
> 206.129.5.146 is my HP printer. 12.1.224.109 is:
> 
>       Name:    origin.ifccfbi.gov
>       Address:  12.1.224.109
>       Aliases:  109.224.1.12.in-addr.arpa
> 
> Looking through the config I don't see anything for 12.1.224.109.

FWIW, the IP address is in a block owned by the "National White Collar
Crime Center" (www.nw3c.org), who runs the Internet Fraud Complaint
Center for the FBI.

David

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