On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:42:47PM -0500, Nicholas Sturm wrote: > How about teaching us something since there are far more than a "simple > majority" of us that became "network administrators" because we purchased a > machine with Windows XP or Windows 2000 pre-installed and have that ducky > error message devised by Microsoft that says > "consult your system administrator for any problems" (paraphrased only > slightly). Of course since I consider most politicians as likely members > of the "idiot" class, being a "moron" is somewhat flattering. My Windows > 2000 machine went flakey when I tried to download the last security patch > so I'm now just XP entrapped because the Windows 2000 machine will not > contact the Internet and my freenet node has been inactive for the last two > or three months.
Hmm, curious. You are talking about Windows 2000 Professional here, not Windows 2000 Millennium Edition? The former has run stably on several machines here for aaages... well, stable except when playing certain computer games :) > > Thanks for your help. > > the other Nick > > > > [Original Message] > > From: zb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 11/6/2004 5:48:41 PM > > Subject: [freenet-support] Re: Freenet (5099 stable) tries to connect > toIANA reserved IPs > > > > Klaus Eckhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > freenet tries to connect to > > > some strange IPs from time to time. So far I noticed connection > > > attempts to: > > > > > > - 5.0.2.0 > > > - 5.255.116.166 > > > - 1.121.22.146 > > > > > > All these IPs are IANA reserved (and will be blocked by ProtoWall > > > for that reason). I'm wondering why freenet tries to connect > > > to this IPs, maybe it's a bug? Anybody else noticed such a > > > behaviour? > > > > I suspect that this is because some clueless network administrators have > > given machines on their LAN's these addresses. The computer that > > have these ip addresses will be behind NAT's so when they make outgoing > > connections it comes from a real ip allocated by the ISP they are > > connected through. > > > > Another classic one is morons who use 192.0.0.0/8 instead of > > 192.168.0.0/16 then wonder why they can't reach website like > > adobe.com at 192.150.14.120 > > > > zb > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Support mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > > Unsubscribe at > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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