"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in
:

Well, don't give JL too much credit. It was pretty easy to out that
Gary/Bunny fag.

Oh God, this is just toooo funnny!

I think I'll actualy try a few socks suing some spare serevers just for fun
now!

They'll be jumping on everyone that pops their head in!


Bertie
"Flying Tadpole" wrote in message
...
Thank you for all that jl. Most illuminating.

FT

jlrogers wrote:

Sorry Wally, I posted my reply to your message to Jeff. Here it
is.

First, if you parse the header of the original message, you will
find it is incomplete. That's the first clue. Second is the "...
information for POC handle ZM117-ARIN has been reported to be
invalid." Third is all of the "sprint-gw.dlstx.ip.att.net bogus
rDNS: host not found" messages.

Using the info returned and shown below, you can trace addresses,
"finger" servers, run Reverse DNS lookups, and follow any route.
You can find out a lot. All of it perfectly common and legal. You
can trace from one IP address to another and even query the
machines for what services the machines have available and then use
those services. Be warned though, if you're clumsy, you can bring
down a poorly configured server or just waste the bandwidth of the
server at critical times for the owners! Practice on your own
network.

If you are really interested, download "Sam Spade
http://www.samspade.org/ssw/ and play with it (free). I used it to
trace Bertie to databasix.com, then fingered the server to find out
who it belonged to. I then pinged all his IP addresses to see
which ones were on line and identified the IP address of his
computer (or at least the one the message came from). I quit there.
I could have scanned all the ports on all the machines on his
network to see if any were open. And if I found an open port or
could tease one open, or flood one etc. etc. I could have "made
requests." However, while knocking on the port and making requests
is not illegal, forcing a port is.

If you are an Intermediate, get "What'sup Gold" free thirty day
trial from:
http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/net...anagement.html

What's Up will draw you a diagram from your computer to any address
you like, show all the servers and devices along the path and tell
you far more than you want to know. If you have the time, you can
map the entire internet (some exaggeration for effect). You will
quickly learn how to use telephone numbers and registrations to
learn the geographical location of a particular device if it isn't
in the log. The email addresses of server operators are often
available and you can email them if you hit a snag at their server.

It is not very hard stuff, but there is so much of it that it takes
time to "get it." Finding Bertie is easy only because he is lazy.
He has his own ISP and likes to use it. I am sure that he can
attack us and be "almost untraceable" if he wants to take the time
to do so, and isn't concerned with . That is, with a
little work, he could make it a lot of work to track him down and
pin it on him. That's what he does. And he is good at it.

If any one gets really ****ed and goes after Bertie (Gary Burnore),
he seems to just move on until things cool down. However, whenever
you take on one of these guys you have to be damned careful. Some
of them are vicious and will retaliate. Shields up! (I set up my
sniffer after I clashed with him, and I copied my stuff to a friend
of mine at my ISP just in case.)

UU.NET is host to thousands of spammers and cranks. They have only
41 employees to handle both mail and newsgroup abuse complaints. I
called and talked to one of their wiennies and just asked him if he
was familiar with databasix.com. He started laughing and yelled
out to the room, "Hey this guy want's to know if we know Burnmore!"

"Wally" wrote in message
...
"jlrogers" wrote in message news:ZNMXa.1436

Do a trace and you'll find the header is forged and so is the
routing.

Which header is forged? The IP traces to Comcast, which
consistent
with
other headers. How do you know 'the header' is forged, and how
did you
find
out?


It came from N. Carolina via MA.

Please show how this is so.


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Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
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