700+ blocked attemps 69.44.123.46 - www.whitehouse.gov

[Guns Aximbo]

What in the world do they want?

[mattclearing]

1. Please elaborate. n/t

[Guns Aximbo]

9. 69.44.123.46 - www.whitehouse.gov

has attempted to access my pc over 700 times this morning between 7:32am and 7:40 am. Thats all.

[rqstnnlitnmnt]

2. ? n/t

[Guns Aximbo]

10. ? n/t??????

what does that mean?

[DireStrike]

15. means his curiosity is piqued, and that's it. -nt-

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. ahhhh maybe it's your handle?

[Guns Aximbo]

11. Guns akimbo?

I've fired a gun twice in my life (if you don't include shooting mechanical ducks with a 22 at the County Fair - never hit a one). both times a shotgun about five years apart. Hit a sparrow the first time. The second time hit a rock and cracked my nose.

That was 20 years ago. So.... well at least the NRA appreciates my handle.

[wicket]

4. where do you see this?

[Guns Aximbo]

12. in my firewall report

[wicket]

22. okie, wasn't sure

I thought you might mean server logs- they hit my blog all the time.

[demnan]

5. Probably someone using that domain name

The White House domain wouldn't perform spook activities, they'd leave that to something with .mil in it.

[Guns Aximbo]

7. with a .gov?

[Guns Aximbo]

13. yeah... right

and the pentagon doesn't perform inteligence operations. Is this Rummy on the other end of this?

[Guns Aximbo]

6. My firewall has blocked access to my PC from this IP address

69.44.123.46 - www.whitehouse.gov 700 plus times this morning.

between 7:32 and 7:40 they were over 700 blocked connections attems from that IP range.

[WoodrowFan]

8. somebody there has a virus

I bet some staffer there has a virus. Morons.

[negativenihil]

14. interesting

wow, very odd. what sort of firewall are you using? what port is the ip trying to connect to? do you have any other details?

[Badger1]

16. just happened to me also

[Guns Aximbo]

18. how many attempts?

[Guns Aximbo]

17. SO SORRY

I won't share my firewall info... yes because I'm paranoid. I'm a lot like Johnny Carson, I Cherish my privacy. Suffice it to say, I have a firewall and it has blocked access to the Whitehouse over 700 times this morning. Weird!

I don't like this intrusion. I have not asked them to contact me.
I don't think I've been to their web page - ever, at least as far as I can remember.

I don't smoke, I don't drink - much and I don't cheat on my wife so I can't imagine why they are contacting me.

[negativenihil]

19. huh?

i don't see how sharing what brand firewall you're using will make you any less secure than you may already be. all i'm looking for is any sort of log file, or any sort of details to see what exactly the ip is trying to hit.

btw- i am in the IT feild and have been for just under 10 years now. Security is one of my specialties :)

[Guns Aximbo]

23. I'm NOT security savvy

so... forgive me if I'm being rude. Telling you what kind of firewall
is like giving out a key. There might be back-doors around specific firewall and I just don't want to say.

This site is monitored by the FBI so I don't want to give out too much info.

As far as the port is concerned, I'm not sure what port number their trying to access.

[Name removed]

26. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Guns Aximbo]

31. ??? If you don't have anything constuctive or helpfull to add

then just post somewhere else dud - i mean dude.

[wicket]

27. I can vouch for negativenihil

He knows what he's talking about.

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. Well, if you don't tell us any more, we won't be able to help

with your question. They may be trying to access port 80, for instance - which would mean they think you have a public web server. Other port numbers might indicate to knowledgable IT people that they have a well-known virus. Or they might show some nefarious intent. But if you don't tell us anymore, there's not much for us to say.

[Guns Aximbo]

24. ohhhhhh. How can I tell which port they trying to access?

??? As I said. Me+Computers+technology=georgebush

[xpat]

33. There's a widespread virus

that hits port 445, which is a Microsoft proprietary NetBios hook. It's probable that the WH is infected. But, we already knew that, didn't we. LOL!

[Guns Aximbo]

35. okay thanks

I think you're probably right.

[Guns Aximbo]

37. Does this mean I have the IP address for 700 Whitehouse staffers?

??? Can I e-mail them directly now?!!!

[wicket]

21. giving out that info will not make you any less secure

They are just trying to help :shrug:

[Minstrel Boy]

25. I keep getting blocked attempts from DOD Space and Naval Warfare Systems

Latest a couple of minutes ago:

OrgName: DoD Network Information Center
OrgID: DNIC
Address: 7990 Science Applications Ct
Address: M/S CV 50
City: Vienna
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 22183-7000
Country: US

NetRange: 205.0.0.0 - 205.117.255.255
CIDR: 205.0.0.0/10, 205.64.0.0/11, 205.96.0.0/12, 205.112.0.0/14, 205.116.0.0/15
NetName: JMCIS-BLOCK
NetHandle: NET-205-0-0-0-1
Parent: NET-205-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NCC.NCTS.NAVY.MIL
NameServer: GATE.NCTS.NAVY.MIL
NameServer: NS1.NOSC.MIL
Comment: DOD Network Information Center
Comment: Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Comment: Washington, DC 20363-5100 US
RegDate:
Updated: 2004-09-20

TechHandle: LS529-ARIN
TechName: Slade, Lawana
TechPhone: [phone]
TechEmail: [e-mail]

OrgTechHandle: MIL-HSTMST-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network DoD
OrgTechPhone: [phone]
OrgTechEmail: [e-mail]

[DireStrike]

28. You need to leave word with somebody

so we can hear about it if you get disappeared.:o

[Midlodemocrat]

29. Where did you check on your computer to find that?

My firewall is up and running, but I can't figure out where to check to see if any blocks have been made.

Thanks.

[WillowTree]

30. Just a thought here...

....but if some office at the White House or the DoD was really trying to covertly access people's computers and/or thwart their firewalls, do you think they'd actually use an IP address that could easily be traced back to them? If so, I've got a ski chalet in downtown Houston I'd be willing to sell you..........cheap.

[Guns Aximbo]

32. and do you think that if the government

wanted to break into someone's hotel room they'd do it so they wouldn't get caught?

Who knows what's going on. I've had DoD attemtps blocked as well.

[Minstrel Boy]

34. so what's happening then?

Why does DoD Space and Naval Weapons Systems want to access my port?

[htuttle]

36. Some computer at the WhiteHouse is probably infected with a virus

There's a ton of viruses out there that attempt to penetrate other machines once they've taken a new machine over.

The current White House has notoriously bad information security, so finding infected machines in their IP range would not be surprising at all.

[Moderator]

38. Locking.

Thank you.

DU Moderator.