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Re: I think I've been hacked...please help!


From: Joe Warner <rootman22 () attbi com>
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:14:44 -0700

dominik wrote:

this is just normal traffic in a cable modem network.
i've got a lot of arp queries,too. (all the time)
the bootp queries to the broadcast adress are also normal.
so don't worry...

dominik

Ok, I was almost too embarrassed to respond and acknowledge
the idiocy of my last post but since so many people responded with
free tickets to the clue train, I think it's only fair that I should
respond with an explanation.

A while ago, when AT&T was still @home, I used Snort to monitor my
cable connection and I could swear that I didn't see any traffic like
this.  This is the first time that I've used Snort to monitor my
connection
after AT&T switched over to their own network (@attbi)

Shortly after I hit the "Send" button on my last message, I did a
"whois" on 12.254.196.1 and the other IP addresses and realized that it
was just
normal ARP queries coming from AT&T.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time and letting paranoia/panic get the
best of me.

Humbly,

Joe


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If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it.
                -- Arthur Kasspe




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