This is the second time this week that my firewall has reported
the following:
[DoS Attack: ACK Scan] from source: 69.171.227.60, port 443, Sunday, August
05,2012 20:25:40
The reported IP address is within a range owned by Facebook
and DNS shows a hostname that (FWIW) is at least plausibly in
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
is there *ANY*
legitimate reason why anything should be attempting to connect
from Facebook to my home IP address, which offers no such
services? I assume, of course, that the answer is No.
The *only*
On 8/6/12 10:13 AM, Brian Chabot wrote:
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
is there *ANY*
legitimate reason why anything should be attempting to connect
from Facebook to my home IP address, which offers no such
services? I assume, of
It's *just* a home connection? No services? Nuke the connection
attempt.
If you're on a network with DHCP (most residential connections),
it's possible someone else wrote an app that points to a DNS
name that points to your IP address. Still safe to nuke it.
When you say nuke the
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
When you say nuke the connection attempt do you mean
kill the process that's attempting to open the connection?
I can't, because it's an inbound connection and that process is
(apparently) somewhere inside
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Brian Chabot br...@datasquire.net wrote:
The *only* reason Facebook should be contacting you this way is if you
have an app set to pull data from there.
Doesn't need to be an app. A simple web link to a home IP address,
or name that resolves to same, will do
Poll is closed. No matter how you count the votes, Sat 8 Sept 2012
is the clear winner.
http://doodle.com/vqk7sb8evznp6x8y
Sept 8 was also the least-liked date in the first poll. Go figure.
-- Ben
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When you say nuke the connection attempt do you mean
[...]
Nuke as in (continue to) deny the connection attempt.
Cool.
Hmmm, I did end up in a situation recently (and reluctantly)
where I was obliged to install a Firefox add-in involved
with use of MacroMedia's AdobeConnect (grrr! don't
Who : You! Your fiends! Everybody!
What : BBQ Parties
Where: Miles Smith Farm, Loudon, NH
What : NH Drupal Group party (with all others welcome)
Date : Saturday, August 25, 2012
Time : 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM (or whenever everyone leaves)
What : GNHLUG party (with all others welcome)
Date :
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:
Who : You! Your fiends! Everybody!
What : BBQ Parties
Where: Miles Smith Farm, Loudon, NH
What : NH Drupal Group party (with all others welcome)
Date : Saturday, August 25, 2012
Time : 2:30 PM to 8:30 PM (or whenever
I will be out of town during the normal 2nd Monday SLUG meeting this month.
The next SLUG meeting will be on the 10th of September 2012 (normal 2nd
Monday at 7pm).
Hope everyone is enjoying this HOT summer, or at least tolerating it!
--
Robert E. Anderson (603) 862-3489
Associate Director
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