Better than the cross stitch.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Mar 9, 2015 11:43 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:

>   I can see the T shirt now.
>
> Photo:  Tied off shirt, daisy dukes, heels, hair, makeup.
> Caption:  “I should have never learned to code.”
>
>  *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
>  *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 9:38 AM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Powercode oddity - Commerzbank Ip space
>
>
> AFMUG 2016
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Mar 9, 2015 11:36 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>
>>   I think we need photos...
>>
>>  *From:* Simon Westlake <si...@powercode.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 9:30 AM
>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Powercode oddity - Commerzbank Ip space
>>
>> I had to reread that second paragraph at least 3 times. You've awakened
>> feelings in me I didn't know I had.
>>
>> On 03/09/2015 10:07 AM, That One Guy wrote:
>>
>> I suspected it was discovered, and v10 specifically broke the miner and
>> the code that called these IPs from a list somehow put them in there.
>>
>> If I were a developer I would do things like that, which is why God
>> intervened everytime I tried to learn to code. I would be in prison, I
>> would be very pretty, the koolaid lipstick would make my lips cherry red,
>> and my shirt would be tied in a knot while my milkshake brought all the
>> boys to the yard. Good thing for me I never learned to code
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Simon Westlake <si...@powercode.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think your tinfoil hat is a little tight.. ;) If we were going to use
>>> your billing server as a bitcoin miner, why would we only change the IPs
>>> when a customer updated their equipment in the portal? And why would we
>>> even make it visible? If I really wanted to hide a bitcoin miner on your
>>> billing server, I wouldn't do it by sending your customers to the redirect
>>> page..
>>>
>>> On 03/09/2015 09:57 AM, That One Guy wrote:
>>>
>>> me and my tinfoil hat find it suspiscious that v10 resolved the constant
>>> overloaded billing servers and this pops up, like there is a list somewhere
>>> and since the first one I saw was affiliated with bitcoins, Paranoid me
>>> assumed a developer sometime in the historical chain realized there were
>>> alot of unused cycles out there under their control.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Josh Luthman <
>>> j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Look up variable declaration types.  I'm willing to bet someone did the
>>>> math wrong.  I've seen it a couple times before but I can't recall where.
>>>>
>>>> While the IPs look random, they're not.
>>>>
>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>> On Mar 9, 2015 10:47 AM, "That One Guy" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where are these IPs coming from.
>>>>>
>>>>> and this is a direct serious question, at any point in time, whether
>>>>> as a product of bertram or the previous developers, were billing servers
>>>>> used as a distributed bitcoin mining system?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Simon Westlake <si...@powercode.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not database corruption, but it is a known bug (IP changing when
>>>>>> MAC is edited in customer portal) and it's fixed in 10.03.32. The patch
>>>>>> will be out this week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 03/08/2015 10:34 PM, Jeremy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, it seemed like a database corruption issue to me as well.  I had
>>>>>> one customer get the redirect and I went in and looked and he was on a
>>>>>> completely wrong IP (in a subnet that I happened to be working on earlier
>>>>>> that day and the evening before).  He hadn't even logged into the 
>>>>>> customer
>>>>>> portal.  The logs didn't show any IP change, but clearly his IP was 
>>>>>> changed
>>>>>> in the database, as he was working fine on the same IP for months and
>>>>>> months.  That issue and the incorrect assignments when a customer enters 
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> new MAC seemed related to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 9:26 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <
>>>>>> par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> *From:* Jay Fuller - Cyber Broadband Inc
>>>>>>> *To:* Powercode
>>>>>>> *Cc:* Cyber Broadband Inc.
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, February 02, 2015 7:34 PM
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Ticket Updated [Ticket Number:5841] - weird ip
>>>>>>> changes during customer portal equipment edits
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gentlemen:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It has happened again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> xxxxxxxxxxxxx, customer 1478, requested a public routable IP address
>>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>> in a different address class from what he was assigned at
>>>>>>> installation.
>>>>>>> Upon changing the address, he was assigned 104.152.40.91, which is
>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>> available address in the "Cullman Public" address range.  However,
>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>> looking at the ARP response (because the customer is bridged to our
>>>>>>> main
>>>>>>> router),  I saw another network device already had that IP address.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, I searched for that MAC address, which was 78:24:AF:7B:49:38 ,
>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>> equipment search, which came back to customer
>>>>>>> 514, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, who had logged into the customer portal
>>>>>>> on January 29 to
>>>>>>> install a new router.  Upon changing his MAC address, powercode
>>>>>>> assigned him
>>>>>>> 104.153.191.25, which is not even in any of our network address
>>>>>>> ranges.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It belongs to:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Source:  whois.arin.net
>>>>>>> IP Address:  104.153.191.25
>>>>>>> Name:  IMDC-KC-LOOPBACKS
>>>>>>> Handle:  NET-104-153-191-0-1
>>>>>>> Registration Date:  2/2/15
>>>>>>> Range:  104.153.191.0-104.153.191.31
>>>>>>> Org:  Iron Mountain Data Center
>>>>>>> Org Handle:  IMIML
>>>>>>> Address:  One Federal Street
>>>>>>> City:  Boston
>>>>>>> State/Province:  MA
>>>>>>> Postal Code:  02111
>>>>>>> Country:  UNITED STATES
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is very similar to our new public IP range which is
>>>>>>> 104.152.40.0/22
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Incidently, it appears this customer was assigned 104.152.40.91
>>>>>>> before he
>>>>>>> attempted to edit his equipment and was changed to 104.153.191.25.
>>>>>>> Also of
>>>>>>> note, it appears this only affected the GUI/web interface of
>>>>>>> powercode, and
>>>>>>> the router/bmu continued to assign him 104.152.40.91.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I will now have to reassign  xxxxxxxxx a new IP address since the
>>>>>>> web/gui
>>>>>>> gave his IP address to someone else.
>>>>>>> I hope this information helps you to figure out what is happening.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am still concerned we have some kind of database issue.  Weird
>>>>>>> things like
>>>>>>> this seem to be happening a lot.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Powercode
>>>>>>> To: Cyber Broadband
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 2:15 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Ticket Updated [Ticket Number:5841]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------------- Please reply above this line ----------------
>>>>>>> Good afternoon Jay,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We were able to test from this customer's account, and the same
>>>>>>> issue that
>>>>>>> was originally reported to us persisted. We logged into the customer
>>>>>>> portal,
>>>>>>> changed the MAC address by one digit, and immediately the customer
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> issued an IP address of 192.170.241.173. After changing the MAC
>>>>>>> address back
>>>>>>> to his current valid one, we then had to manually clear out his IP
>>>>>>> address
>>>>>>> in Powercode in order for the BMU to hand out a reservation for
>>>>>>> 192.168.3.36
>>>>>>> via DHCP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At this point, we are going to contact our network engineers for
>>>>>>> assistance
>>>>>>> in troubleshooting why this customer would receive a 192.170.xx.xx
>>>>>>> reservation, as this IP does not fit within any ranges defined in
>>>>>>> Powercode.
>>>>>>> We will update you as soon as we've had a chance to go over this
>>>>>>> with them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you visited our knowledge base? The Powercode knowledge base
>>>>>>> contains
>>>>>>> data on all aspects of Powercode, including the BMU. You may also
>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>> useful information on our community forum.
>>>>>>> We endeavor to respond to all tickets within two business days. Our
>>>>>>> business
>>>>>>> hours are Monday - Friday, 9AM to 5PM Central time. Please contact
>>>>>>> us via
>>>>>>> telephone at (920) 351-1010 or via Skype at powercode_support with
>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>> urgent needs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> John Mahnke
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Powercode - The smart choice in ISP billing and OSS
>>>>>>> powercode.com
>>>>>>> P: 920-351-1010
>>>>>>> E: supp...@powercode.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> *From:* Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 08, 2015 9:25 PM
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Powercode oddity - Commerzbank Ip space
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also have a ticket in about this issue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:10 PM, That One Guy <
>>>>>>> thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is known to them? (powercode)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 3:00 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <
>>>>>>>> par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> yes, they're aware of it.  i pointed this out to them weeks ago.
>>>>>>>>> :(
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>> *From:* That One Guy <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, March 08, 2015 2:06 PM
>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Powercode oddity - Commerzbank Ip space
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am able to replicate a small issue we are having, trying to make
>>>>>>>>> the decision of whether it looks like a security issue or just a bug.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Through powercode, there are two ways to update equipment, through
>>>>>>>>> our interface, where we select all the details and through the 
>>>>>>>>> customer
>>>>>>>>> portal where all the customers can do is update their MAC address.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> no problems with our end.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> However, when a customer updates their MAC address, it is
>>>>>>>>> assigning IP space that apparently belongs to this Commerzbank IP 
>>>>>>>>> space
>>>>>>>>> 208.74.54.100 and 208.74.54.99.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This IP space is absolutely not in our system, and wouldnt route
>>>>>>>>> naturally on our network
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>   Net Range 208.74.52.0 - 208.74.55.255 CIDR 208.74.52.0/22
>>>>>>>>>  Name DKIB-USA Handle NET-208-74-52-0-1 Parent NET208 (
>>>>>>>>> NET-208-0-0-0-0
>>>>>>>>> <http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-208-0-0-0-0.html>) Net Type Direct
>>>>>>>>> Assignment Origin AS
>>>>>>>>>  Organization Commerzbank AG (COMMER-109
>>>>>>>>> <http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/COMMER-109.html>)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My initial thoughts are this is some bug in powercode.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Paranoid me is that our system is somehow compromised and
>>>>>>>>> rerouting illegitimate traffic somehow. Customer is down, so not 
>>>>>>>>> through
>>>>>>>>> them. but something like TOR rerouting or some other magician script 
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> the axis of evil.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anybody have any ideas on this? I am debating taking our billing
>>>>>>>>> server offline, but would hate to take such an extreme measure for 
>>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>>> could amount to nothing more than a fat finger from a programmer.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>   If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see
>>>>>>>>> your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the 
>>>>>>>>> team.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>   If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see
>>>>>>>> your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the 
>>>>>>>> team.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Simon Westlake
>>>>>> Powercode - The smart choice in ISP billing and OSS
>>>>>> powercode.com
>>>>>> P: 920-351-1010
>>>>>> E: si...@powercode.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>   If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your
>>>>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>   If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your
>>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Simon Westlake
>>> Powercode - The smart choice in ISP billing and OSS
>>> powercode.com
>>> P: 920-351-1010
>>> E: si...@powercode.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>   If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your
>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Simon Westlake
>> Powercode - The smart choice in ISP billing and OSS
>> powercode.com
>> P: 920-351-1010
>> E: si...@powercode.com
>>
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