Somebody was trying to gain access to my computer.

billyskank

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:31 PM
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Somebody was trying to gain access to my computer.

I was getting repeated access attempts from 217.133.104.49, a different username each time. Also periodically trying to log in as root. It is clearly a script. The IP address seems to belong to tiscali.it. Is there any point reporting it to them? I don't imagine the attacker is actually using that computer, it's probably a remote attack, right?

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LSK

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:32 PM
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1. Right

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Dangerously Amused

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:45 PM
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2. It was me.

I was trying to access your nekkid pics. I didn't get them. But you do have some pretty cool games. :7

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billyskank

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:46 PM
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3. You should just ask next time.

:hi:

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supernova

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:49 PM
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4. It might have been a bot

operating on that computer. Lots of times, the computer owners aren't aware that they are being parasited (is that a word?),

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billyskank

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Thu Sep-06-07 04:56 PM
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5. I'm sure it was.

I'd be really surprised if the attacker was actually using that machine. Looking at my log files, I got a load of access attempts yesterday too from a different address. Nobody managed to gain access though.

I emailed the abuse addresses of the two ISPs concerned, for what it's worth.

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