Hey All. If people are having such problems, the best thing to do is post the logs here for us to look at. I've done similar experiments and found two seperate things.
1) A lot of lurkers exist on vortex, more than anyone would think given the regular posters and the traffic here. For example, there was (is?) a robot run out of LANL that automatically downloads and caches any links from a post you make here. This isn't anything ominous, just surprising that there are some people in the organization that still bother to care about fringe stuff, enough to cache it. A good thing, IMHO. I just wish these folks would _contribute_ something to the list now and then. It's just plain selfish behavior. 2) If you put a computer online, it will be attacked. Mostly this is done automatically by viruses looking to infect new machines, which is probably the case with the example cited below. If you post the logs, I can tell you much more about what's happening. If you're being attacked by a Marriot Hotel in WV, you can be reasonably sure that the attacker is some dowdy secretary named Cherise who just downloaded the new "9 lives" kitty screensaver and is just now wondering why her computer takes so long to do things online ( hint, all available bandwidth is being consumed by automated attacks on other machines ). But please, post some logs, and we can all see what's what. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the truth is often so much more boring and prosaic... K. -----Original Message----- From: Frederick Sparber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Physics today 1/25/05 Jones Beene wrote: > Even scarier is now that K_ _ ke has > signed back onto vortex from a Euro ISP, the unauthorized > attempts will probably increase ;-) THAT IS SCARY. :-) Frederick > [Original Message] > From: Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Date: 1/27/05 9:24:25 AM > Subject: Re: Physics today 1/25/05 > > Ahoy, > > > If you want to get an indication of how many people, and > sometimes even the identities of the people or > organizations, who are doing research in your particular > field, simply publish your work, and then read the logs on > your computer firewall. You will find the addresses of the > computers that are trying to gain access to your computer. > In many cases, you can trace the numerical addresses back > directly to the registered owners of those addresses. It > was a hobby of mine for quite some time, and I must say, it > was fascinating. > > > Yes. Also note how many of them are registered in the > norther Virginia area, presumably to certain "contractors". > For instance, why do computers registered to Marriott > subsidiaries keep wanting to get into my computer? 150 > attempts one month. I don't think it has anything to do with > hotel management. The scary thing is, who own's the one's > that cannot be tracked? Even scarier is now that K_ _ ke has > signed back onto vortex from a Euro ISP, the unauthorized > attempts will probably increase ;-) > > Jones >
