On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:25:29PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
> Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
> 
> >Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote:
> >
> >> (http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/franconia1/7da02723.html)
> >
> >You don't have permission to access /galleries/franconia1/7da02723.html
> >on this server.
> 
> Ralf, I've been getting a huge number of hacking attempts on my site
> coming from Germany and I suspect you're in a blocked IP range. Let me
> know what your IP address is and I'll open up a /24.
> 
> BTW, on a slightly related note: Does anyone know why so much
> spam/hacking/malware seems to come from the Netherlands? I know it's
> densely populated but it's still a small country in the grand scheme
> of things. Germany must have many more people but the Netherlands
> generates at least as many probes and hacking attempts on my web site.
> Probably more. Puzzling.

Because people of a criminal bent are probably more worried about the
German police than the Dutch? The European privacy laws are pretty strong,
so in theory you'd be equally safe from unlawful spying anywhere, but I'd
certainy not be inclined to rely too much on theory ...



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