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[META] We are being watched

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:45 am

Oea · Guest

Some more interesting info..

Can anyone confirm the name Humanoid from this board/know them? never seen them talk, and take a look

Humanoid is ~humanoid@2c464aa6.35556308.snfc21.pacbell.net * Humanoid
Humanoid on #beehunters #ilovebees #beekeepers
Humanoid using nemesis.nv.us.hub.chat-solutions.org The Enemy At The Gates
humanoid End of /WHOIS list.

It's masked, yes, but--- who knows?

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:50 am

Cygnus · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 13

That's really neat. I'm new here too, but I think (not 100% sure) that the title of this topic should include the [SPEC] designation.

Too bad I'm useless with network traces, or I might have something constructive to add.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:54 am

cyanogen · Greenhorn Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 9

btw, this is all definitely OUT OF GAME..

but it is interesting to know that we are certainly being watched.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:58 am

Cygnus · Boot Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 13

So it would be [META] then?

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:01 am

Noir · Boot Joined: 28 Jul 2004 Posts: 47

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:42 am

Oea · Boot Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 53

Update!

The Ip seems to have gone offline, which means they are probably on to us by now Smile

I'm going to try something else, see you guys in a bit.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:52 am

Lutzie · Veteran Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 137

Heh! Well done that man, keep up the good work. Smile

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:58 am

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**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:02 am

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Not that I disagree too much. But scaring them away from chat isn't too great an idea right Smile

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:08 am

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accidentalsuccess · Boot Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 31

why do you all think this is out of game? It would fit in w/ the idea that the entity is trying to get out.

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fun fun.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:17 am

CoffeeJedi

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:23 am

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keybsnbits · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 121

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:31 am

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eMouse · Decorated Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 179

It's definitely an ADSL connection. It was up when I pinged it, so I suspect whoever has that computer is just being good about shutting down or sleeping when not using it.

I don't know what PacBell's policy is for rotating dynamic ADSL IPs, so it's hard to tell if it is dynamic or static. I know my ISP actually assigned my user id to my IP in the host name. Very possible PB doesn't have such a policy though.

Tried making a web connection, but they're not running a personal web service. Smile

Would have been amusing if they were.

I'd say they didn't expect this sort of tactic, so I think all of this is firmly out of game. If they did expect something like this, they would have been using remote desktop software to do all the mail reading and monitoring from a game server, which would have been off of a hosted IP, and not someone's DSL line.

There's a policy suggestion for any game-runner who might come across this.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:23 am

Roc · Veteran Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 81

I think trying to hack their box would be as frustrating to the game ops as trying to hack the vmail, blog acct, gmail, and hotmail.

Though that would have been a phenomenal puzzle if they were running a clue on port 80 on that box.

**Posted:** Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:30 am