Posted on 01/11/2005 2:28:10 PM PST by yevgenie
Has anyone else noticed strange behavior on the net today? I was trying to pay a bill via Paypal and noticed it was very slow, so I fired up my tracert and noticed some strange things:
Trace paypal.com (64.4.241.33) ... 9 65.106.6.133 14ms 14ms 13ms TTL: 0 (p5-0-0.RAR1.Chicago-IL.us.xo.net ok) 10 65.106.0.25 41ms 28ms 41ms TTL: 0 (p6-0-0.RAR2.Denver-CO.us.xo.net ok) 11 65.106.1.73 27ms 27ms 41ms TTL: 0 (p0-0-0d0.RAR1.Denver-CO.us.xo.net ok) 12 65.106.0.21 69ms 69ms 54ms TTL: 0 (p6-0-0.RAR1.SanJose-CA.us.xo.net ok) 13 65.106.5.158 220ms 69ms 68ms TTL: 0 (65.106.5.158.ptr.us.xo.net ok) 14 207.88.80.178 68ms 69ms 68ms TTL: 0 (p0-0.CHR1.Fremont-CA.us.xo.net ok) 15 67.104.60.146 68ms 68ms 68ms TTL: 0 (67.104.60.146.ptr.us.xo.net ok) 16 10.192.255.30 69ms 69ms 69ms TTL: 0 (No rDNS) 17 No Response * * *
Isn't 10.192.255.30 a local area network address? Is this a poisoned DNS entry, an attack or something else?
YES!!!
Nothing has attacked my system but it has been super slow at a variety of sites I frequent. I thought it is was just me!!
Where you logged in?
I would guess, something else.
Here, obviously, Kemosabe. ;O)
I got as far as you did (67.104.60.146) and then got a time out. Don't know what it is.
I just went out and kicked the flux capacitor.. It should be fine now. If you have anymore problems let me know and we will crank up the thermonuclear transducer.
I don't know much about it, but maybe one of these people can answer that.
Oh no, if you take your data and parse it by prime numbers in ascending order, then reverse the polarity... yes, yes, it is an ATTACK! Oh no...
What was the bank account number you were using :-)
Traceroute uses the ICMP protocol, which some routers do not pass as a security measure. Being so, it can be deceiving when used to troubleshoot networking (WAN) issues.
Looks like the mono-stable fratilizer has gone asyncronous.
No problem... Just send all your account information to me and I will take care of the bills for ya... Just this once though... (JUST KIDDING)
I was wondering about the possibility of a man-in-the-middle attack.
If anyone is still having problems, please freepmail me your creit card # and pin and I'll take care of it...
Seems pretty healthy.
http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm
In my Firefox today, I will leave the room and come back and a message will be there that it it tried to contact the page I was on (like it was trying to reload), but could not connect.
Never had this happen....very weird. THey are not pages that automatically reload as far as I know. I don't know what is going on today. Did not have the same problem with these pages yesterday.
Eh Doc, it sounds like someone's been playing around with the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator again.
Looks like there is something wrong with that particular network. Probably an overiding node is malfunctioning. I don't know what network it is. Your ISP could tell you. ATT networks are always screwing up.
Looks to me like a server was down between you and where you were going. It happens.
That's unlikely. Try opening a telnet session the port 80 on the website(s) in question. If you get an open socket, though slow, then the routes are good. In such a case, one one or more link in the network between you and them is probably saturated.
Something like trying to FReep whilst simultaneously downloading porn... using only a 14.4 baud modem.
Wait... I mean research. Simultaneously downloading research.
Yeah.
Looks like they're down.
Initiating server query ...
Looking up the domain name for IP: 10.192.255.30
(The domain name for the specified IP address could not be found.)
Connecting to the server on standard HTTP port: 80
The port is closed, so our connection attempt was refused.
Query complete.
Relax folks, it's just the semi-annual cleanup on the network.
I have been at my usual 3 Mbits/sec time all day long and cranking along just fine
No worries, mate!
OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority OrgID: IANA Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 City: Marina del Rey StateProv: CA PostalCode: 90292-6695 Country: US NetRange: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 CIDR: 10.0.0.0/8 NetName: RESERVED-10 NetHandle: NET-10-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: IANA Special Use NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG Comment: This block is reserved for special purposes. Comment: Please see RFC 1918 for additional information. Comment: RegDate: Updated: 2002-09-12
The simple explanation for a 10.0.0.0 network address in an ICMP echo reply (what trace route uses) is:
1) the final last hop in the path was a router in the internal network with a 10 address. A very common practice
2) the ISP is not filtering outbound RFC 1918 addresses, which would be POOR practice. Having said that, your ISP should have also filtered inbound RFC 1918 addresses.
3) I would go even further and say that the ISP should be filtering outside ICMP requests as well. Such a policy would reduce the amount of intelligence that can be gathered from the network topology.
No, no, no. Speculation of the type that you are spreading here is irresponsible and dangerous. The dirter-rod is the problem.
Do you rotate your IP numbers to keep 'em fresh?
Internet weather report
http://weather.uci.edu/
Sun spot activity disrupting the magnetic flux capacitor?
Better be careful. Didn't you watch 24?
Make sure you check the tachyon flow through the oscillation overthruster before you crank that thing up. Engaging that transducer with an unstable flow could expose us all to lethal doses of theta radiation.
"Give me a break, I'm doing to best I can."
"parnoia, paranoid......feel like people are trying to get meeeeeee"
Yes, actually, I have noticed the same thing. Glad you posted this. I was about to start looking for the usual suspects located in my own machine but now won't bother with that.
I think this is some sort of message from the Vega System. Is there a visual signal and schematics with these numbers?
True, this might involve Rumsfield.
Hehe was lookup up when you posted and didn't see it. I nmapped it and didn't get anything. I may mine it in a few minutes, I just got off work lol.
OH NO! It's coming true! Just like the "24" episode last night! Whatever you do, don't go back to the office, or all your co-workers will be shot! And don't call your mother or she'll get her throat cut! And what ever you do, DO NOT try to meet Jack Bauer at track #3 at the train station because a terrorist has intercepted this message and will get to you before Jack does. All I can tell you to do is to RUN !!!!!
The Internet must be screwy. Your post came through all garbled!
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Snarfed from http://www.thetoque.net/040113/internetsafety.htm
They must be counter attacking! LOL
Fun link. Thanks! Can you provide any detail on this, some basic background on what exactly it is doing? And why does it seem to be stalled out on item 13 (of the trace I am running right now)?
http://www.internettrafficreport.com
been a little slow I think, but not much. Current US is close to normal.
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