If the offending IP address is a.b.c.d, try:

   whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Follow the links to EUNET, AUNET or APNIC if necessary.  From my
experience, very high chances of it being either China or Romania.

-- Raju

>>>>> "Kilaru" == Kilaru Sambaiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Kilaru> Hi All,

    Kilaru>    We are using RHL 6.2 as proxy server. The proxy
    Kilaru> software is Squid.  It is giving some problems on dual
    Kilaru> processor intel machine.  We are facing some problems with
    Kilaru> security. We found some entries in /etc/passwd file with
    Kilaru> uid 0. I found the originating ip address.  Is it possible
    Kilaru> to find which country or ISP it belongs. ( I tried with
    Kilaru> nslookup and it is not able to find.)

    Kilaru>    What are the security holes can linux have? Any
    Kilaru> pointers?

    Kilaru>    TIA, Sambaiah Kilaru.

-- 
Raju Mathur          [EMAIL PROTECTED]           http://kandalaya.org/

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