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THR is down right now...again

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Oh, I just snuck across the fence. I figure if I hang around long enough, they'll just grant me amnesty in the form of a Guest Poster bill. Heh heh...
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Don't forget to pay all applicable fees. :cool:
 
TFL was portscanned this morning from the webserver of a well-known, vocal, and sometimes tasteless liberal
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That seems fishy---Does this happen often?
Maybe the perp is casing the joint to see how to strike here.
 
If you can figure out the physical location of the machines which are currently attacking, perhapse the address could be posted so that an unidentified individual could swing by with some bolt cutters and fix the problem?

it doesn't really matter if the sys admin won't return phonecalls
 
I wonder if mirroring THR/APS would ameliorate the problem, or if that would leave the second server equally likely to fail...
 
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I wonder if mirroring THR/APS would ameliorate the problem, or if that would leave the second server equally likely to fail...

Really good question--I'd like to see a computer geek or two answer that question...no offense to TFL, but my fingers automatically type THR now.
 
Skynet? Yikes!

I saw those Terminator movies. Never thought that Skynet is real :eek:

OBTW, I was unable to open 1911Forum just now.

Does that @#$!*& NYC mayor have "attack geeks" on his staff?

Bart Noir
 
I don't think multiple servers will solve much, it'll just provide more targets. The best solution is to stop the offending traffic, either by blocking it in some manner, getting the server(s) to ignore it, or actually stopping it at the source (breaking fingers, disconnecting systems, etc).

Chris
 
TFL was portscanned this morning from the webserver of a well-known, vocal, and sometimes tasteless liberal 501(c)(3), but as it wasn't really an attack and I don't want lynch mobs forming, I'm not going to identify it.
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So where will I put all the rope?

Seriously though, the only way we can win is by taking the high road (or if you will, taking it back).

Since revenge attacks aren't exactly justified, would you please post the IP (or PM me, as I can't really do anything about it).
 
Since our geeks have given tutorials on everything else, could someone explain "portscanning?"

Thanks,

fistful, not Scapegoat
 
He has been... missing since the new servers from here were delivered.

Hopefully, this site can help. Apparently, they've come across problems of this type before.
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Either the owners of those sites have never seen the movies, or they have zero sense of humor about it.
 
You can often find a lot out about a target machine by scanning its TCP ports; depending on how well the machine is secured. Different applications and operating systems "listen" on different port #'s. If ports X, Y, and Z are open on a target machine, then you could conclude it's running Application A or B. Attackers do this to find vulnerabilities, customize attacks, etc. Scanning just means they're checking each port to see if it's open and listening for traffic.
 
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