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Subject: b.net no longer crapping up on my computer. (updated with morale)
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Morale: don't use a firewall thats two years old and don't have it on "high"!
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A number of questions have been bugging me this morning...

* What fun is it when your browsing a forum that disconnects randomly even when you have a windows xp thats just been reinstalled. HAS sp2 and you haven't been to any website that isn't a legitimate business yet and have a firewall and you are a nerd who knows everything about internet security blah blah blah?
* Who is 61.85.74.223?
* Is 61.85.74.223 a Bungie server?
* If 61.85.74.223 is a Bungie server then how come my internet connection completely stops working until I restart my computer?

Ok to explain the "61.85.74.223" part, I had just been on the internet for under an hour and was browsing through the septagon. Then I clicked on a thread and *BAM!* "page cannot displayed" (no internet things work from now until I restart, connection is still running. Phoneline is in use.) I was trying to find out what the hell was going on, so I checked the log viewer for my firewall and an unused port had blocked an incoming tcp connection from "61.85.74.223" at 8:47:06am, then I checked my system clock, 8:47:28am... how strange, it was the first blocked connection for the entire time I was on! I restarted my computer and tried to check the source... "server not responding!" bungie.net is working though, same with every other internet thingy. and that leads up until now - 9:18:11am.

Nothing interesting has happened to my firewall since I've restarted. I'm 100% sure this isn't because I'm using dialup... and strangely this only ever happens on b.net.

[Edited on 12/16/2005]

  • 12.15.2005 12:20 PM PDT
Subject: I think I've found whats crapping up this site on my computer.
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um...

  • 12.16.2005 2:35 AM PDT

Doesn't seem to be B.net that 64.4.59.143

Here is a trace route on that ip address. It isn't a domain, so seems to me its a personal computer maybe..

Link

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  • 12.16.2005 5:43 AM PDT
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Sounds like somebody's trying to hack your computer. Your faith in Windows XP's security credentials is disturbing. ;) Surely if you knew everything about internet security you'd be using a Mac!

  • 12.16.2005 6:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: Keith Byrne
Doesn't seem to be B.net that 64.4.59.143

Here is a trace route on that ip address. It isn't a domain, so seems to me its a personal computer maybe..

Link

Cool, so you can type in any ip? 0.o

I've got nortons 2006 now so that should cut out most of the crap. I don't keep anything important on my computer anyway, and I'm on dialup... my friends have broadband and they don't have a firewall, so I'm not too worried :D spyware is reaching an all time high, and I blame it on the dip -blam-'s that let it get on their computer and encourage hackers :P most of my friends say they don't need a firewall because its a waste of money. What is the world coming to?

  • 12.16.2005 12:42 PM PDT