Re: Suspicious IP reporting

[JoeSox <joesox () gmail com>]

How do I setup a firewall when I am not a Verizon engineer?
There is a firewall via the antivirus and operating system but that's it.
Do you not understand my issue? I thought that is the real problem with the
online bullies in this thread.
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Thank You,
Joe


On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 5:01 PM Ryan Hamel <administrator () rkhtech org> wrote:

> Joe,
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> The underlying premise here is, “pick your battles”. If you don’t want an
> IP address to access your device in anyway, setup a firewall and properly
> configure it to accept whitelisted traffic only, or just expose a VPN
> endpoint. The Internet is full of both good and bad actors that probe and
> scan anything and everything.
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> While some appreciate the notification here, others will find it annoying.
> We cannot report anything malicious about an IP address on the Internet,
> unless it does harm to us specifically, otherwise it is false reporting and
> does create more noise at the ISP, and waste more time getting to the
> underlying issue.
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> Ryan
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> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech.org () nanog org> *On Behalf Of *
> JoeSox
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2021 4:41 PM
> *To:* TJ Trout <tj () pcguys us>
> *Cc:* NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> *Subject:* Re: Suspicious IP reporting
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> Do others see this online bully started by Tom? The leader has spoken so
> the minions follow :)
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> This list  sometimes LOL
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> I think if everyone gets off their high horse, the list communication
> would be less noisy for the list veterans.
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> Thank You,
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> Joe
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> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 4:36 PM TJ Trout <tj () pcguys us> wrote:
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> This seems like a highly suspect request coming from a North American
> network operator...?
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> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 10:23 AM JoeSox <joesox () gmail com> wrote:
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> This IP is hitting devices on cellular networks for the past day or so.
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>   https://www.abuseipdb.com/whois/79.124.62.86
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> I think this is the info to report it to the ISP.  Any help or if everyone
> can report it, I would be a happy camper.
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> abuse () 4cloud mobi; abuse () fiberinternet bg
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> https://en.asytech.cn/check-ip/79.124.62.25#gsc.tab=0
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> Thank You,
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> Joe