In terms of the tracroute.. perhaps the system is simply spoofing the
replies to instill fear or confusion? ;-)


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John Daniele
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Rob Reeves wrote:

> The machine seems to be down now, but my guess is they were running a script
> or web service that redirected you to the CIA site and logged your attempt
> to connect.
>
> Not sure why your Neotrace tool resolved to odci.gov.  You might want to try
> one of the live VisualRoute servers on the Internet:
>
> http://www.visualware.com/visualroute/livedemo.html
>
>
> www.tracert.com is also good.
>
>
>
> ~Rob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: what's the real address?
>
>
>     Hello,
>
>  I received a medium sized ftp scan from address 64.81.213.144 to my
> subnet.  Doing a traceroute resolved the IP to
> dsl081-213-144.nyc2.dsl.speakeasy.net.  A quick nmap scan showed port 80 to
> be open.. But when I typed the IP into my browser, I was taken immediately
> to www.cia.gov.  Performing a tracert from a win machine brought up the
> same speakeasy.net host.  But using NeoTrace (graphical win trace route
> tool) that IP resolved to www.odci.gov, which takes you to the cia.gov web
> page..  What gives?
>
>
> Cavell McDermott
> Domino Admin
> APW Ltd. - Texas Campus
> 214-343-1400 - Main
> 214-355-2022 - Direct
> 214-341-9950 - Fax
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>

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