Er.., Is this normal? Options
HolyJaw
#1 Posted: : Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:57:58 PM
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Is it normal for some guy using an ISP based in Israel with company offices in Amsterdam to try to bruteforce his/her way into my account on the explosm.net forums?

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Dear HolyJaw,

Your account on Explosm Forums has been locked because someone has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: 212.143.129.51


http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=network&host=212.143.129.51 wrote:

212.143.129.51 is from Israel(IL) in region Middle East

whois query for 212.143.129.51...

Results returned from whois.arin.net:


OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL

ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43

NetRange: 212.0.0.0 - 212.255.255.255
CIDR: 212.0.0.0/8
NetName: RIPE-NCC-212
NetHandle: NET-212-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: NS-EXT.ISC.ORG
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in
Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in
Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate: 1997-11-14
Updated: 2005-08-03

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-07-23 19:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Results returned from whois.ripe.net:

% This is the RIPE Whois query server #1.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

% Information related to '212.143.129.0 - 212.143.129.255'

inetnum: 212.143.129.0 - 212.143.129.255
netname: NV-Speednet
descr: NV-Speednet
country: IL
admin-c: MC8073-RIPE
tech-c: NN105-RIPE
status: ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by: NV-MNT-RIPE
mnt-lower: NV-MNT-RIPE
changed: noc-team@netvision.net.il 20050605
source: RIPE

role: Netvision NOC team
address: Omega Building
address: MATAM industrial park
address: Haifa 31905
address: Israel
phone: +972 4 8560 600
fax-no: +972 4 8551 132
e-mail: abuse@netvision.net.il
remarks: trouble: Send Spam and Abuse complains ONLY to the above address!
admin-c: NVAC-RIPE
tech-c: NVTC-RIPE
nic-hdl: NN105-RIPE
notify: noc-team@netvision.net.il
notify: hm-dbm-msgs@ripe.net
mnt-by: NV-MNT-RIPE
changed: noc-team@netvision.net.il 20010827
changed: radical@netvision.net.il 20040516
source: RIPE

person: Michael Cohen
address: Speednet Ltd
address: 25 HaSivim St. , Petach Tikva 49170, Israel
phone: +972-4-7249756
fax-no: +972--
e-mail: michael@34up.com
nic-hdl: MC8073-RIPE
changed: hostmaster@netvision.net.il 20050503
source: RIPE

% Information related to '212.143.0.0/16AS1680'

route: 212.143.0.0/16
descr: Netvision Ltd.
descr: Internet Service Provider
descr: Omega Building
descr: MATAM industrial park
descr: Haifa 31605
descr: Israel
origin: AS1680
mnt-by: NV-MNT-RIPE
changed: noc-team@netvision.net.il 19990329
source: RIPE


http://ws.arin.net/whois/ wrote:

OrgName:    RIPE Network Coordination Centre 
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL

ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43

NetRange: 212.0.0.0 - 212.255.255.255
CIDR: 212.0.0.0/8
NetName: RIPE-NCC-212
NetHandle: NET-212-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS3.NIC.FR
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: NS-EXT.ISC.ORG
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
Comment: These addresses have been further assigned to users in
Comment: the RIPE NCC region. Contact information can be found in
Comment: the RIPE database at http://www.ripe.net/whois
RegDate: 1997-11-14
Updated: 2005-08-03

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-07-23 19:10


Just seems kinda hella random to me.
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Ciao Time
#2 Posted: : Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:30:36 PM
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I'm sure it'll be taken care of.
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#3 Posted: : Friday, July 25, 2008 1:57:49 AM
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looks like some noob goofing around. whatever.
Brosnan
#4 Posted: : Friday, July 25, 2008 5:40:28 AM
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C&H sucks, hth.
Gnar
#5 Posted: : Friday, July 25, 2008 5:45:59 AM
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what'd u do, man? theyre comin after you!
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