barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 So when I woke up this morning I went to the computer to check email etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveH11 Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 I'm paranoid by nature, but my zone alarm pro is stopping, or at least I think it is...constant attempts from ip addys that begin with 38. in the Washington DC area. I as well have nothing questionable going on, but since I live in an area with one of the largest muslim populations in the world...who knows. I was a little worried on my end, but your issue dwarfs mine. I guess no matter what protection we run, there's always someone out there who can one-up us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Thanks for the reply SteveH11. All I had wanted was a way to get files from my home computer every now and then while I am at work and so I set up what I thought, from what little I know, was a reasonable way to do that securely. I really do not know what to think now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 If that ever happened to me i would sh*t my pants dude, omg lol how didnt you freak out and go paranoid and sit in a corner thinking a swat team is going to break in your house and second LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 One of our cats made a noise by the door a few minutes ago and, fighting a sudden urge, I peeked outside but the FBI was not there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 thats always a good thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 here is some ip's that you dont want in your comp. well atleast me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 I am wondering if I should just bring sshd back up and then let "them" take a good look around if they want. I could generate a new key pair, although I am thinking that would not stop the likes of what got in already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 look at the file i posted, it shows some ips you dont want to have get in your comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Thanks Blunted. I took a look at those. Should i just blacklist all those? I am not sure what to do with that info. I am afraid that I know just enough about computers to be a danger to my own machines, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 be worried. very worried. first of all, take a look out the windows. do you see any black helicopters? or is that traffic spotter patrol plane/helicopter circling the block a little too obviously? now look out into the street. is there a delivery van, like a florist or carpet dealer type thing parked there? with noone approaching/leaving it for some time? is there an inordinate number of plain looking cars traveling down your street? does the bum across the street (if any) seem to glance at your place more than any other between sips from the bottle? has the gang that hangs out at the corner changed? pick up your phone. is there sometimes a slight delay between picking it up and the dial tone starting? call someone. NOT ANYONE YOU KNOW! don't want to drag your friends into this. call two pizza places at random, then one of the telco's service numbers. if you notice a slight delay (that is just a bit longer than usual) between the last number being dialed and the line ringing, it may be tapped. try sending a fax to see if the line quality is good or if it is degraded. that's another telltale. if you want to be sure, go out in your car, and when you see a cop, run a red light. if you don't want to risk that much of a ticket, speed. if the cop doesn't pull you over it means he knows that 'they' are following you and has orders not to interfere with their investigation. then again, if they think they have enough on you, a routine traffic stop like that is the perfect excuse to bring you in. the only good news is that they probably won't bring in a swat or other special ops team on your place. that would just attract too much attention. if you do have to go out, try to stay in public places, don't give them an opportunity to bag you without witnesses. be wary of traffic, because if they need to create an incident to whisk you away in an ambulance just having a car hit you will be easy to arrange. then they will have pletny of time to send a team in to take your place apart and collect any evidence. don't bother inquiring at your isp or telco, the 'national security letters' that are used to force them to open records to them also include lifelong gag orders. for your sake i hope there was really no illegal or stolen material on your comp and that you haven't been purchasing things that could be combined to build a device. the good news is that i may be overreacting a bit, and that it was merely a hacker that spoofed their ip, but then they might think you have something to do with said hacker. just wait and see is basically all you can do. pay attention to your surroundings and don't trust anybody. ANYBODY. least of all some forum troll yanking your crank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 those are some ips that you dont want looking at you if you run bit torrent and stuff like that with cracked software and bootleg music ,movies and just bad stuff. if those ip's are looking at you they are looking for something but doesnt mean you did anything or should be worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Thanks Blunted. I am not really sure what to do with those addresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 just use ie as a browser and they will know you are not smart enough to harm anything, and they will just forget about you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 you dont have to block them all just if you think you might have seen 1 that is doing something you can check the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Thanks mister troll. I do need to lighten up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Uhh... Thanks Mister Troll; I do need to lighten up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 ooops sorry for the double post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 haha dont you hate when that happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 that was not you - it was them - go take a long nap - they listen to everything and anything - they have been doing it forever - no big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 It is past noon my time and on a day off that means time for a beer. There will no doubt be time to worry later... ...or not, which is always the other possibility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 5, 2005 CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Get yourself Peer Guardian, it should block most ip's that you don't want connecting to your computer. http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 5, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 5, 2005 Peer Guardian looks like it would be useful for a windows computer. This one does not run windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleywine Posted December 6, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 Just as an update: My computer now seems to make connections to several different places even when I have nothing running that should open an internet connection. I am going to assume that some sort of nasty got in that may have been spoofing the DoD's IP or that it may be the DoD doing a wonderful job of keeping us all safe by messing with my little home computer which has never done anyone any harm. Either way, since I get nothing with virus scan I am going to swallow hard and nuke and pave the drives and start all over. Heck, I do not even use file sharing or bit torrent and I do not download music or movies except from very legal sites. I just do not like the idea of my computer making connections that I know nothing about and do not intend. What a huge freaking hassle. See ya later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted December 6, 2005 CID Share Posted December 6, 2005 So what operating system are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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