I’ve logged over 700 login attempts coming from NamcoWireless—you know, the Pac-Man guys! Looks to me like they’ve got problems. I sent them a nasty email and will ban them at our routers if I don’t get a reply. This behavior is completely unprofessional and totally uncalled for.
Here’s what the log entries look like:
Dec 11 15:12:33 bailecearc sshd[14575]: Did not receive identification string from 63.199.81.217 Dec 11 15:15:41 bailecearc sshd[14783]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 63-199-81-217.namcowireless.com failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Dec 11 15:15:41 bailecearc sshd[14788]: Invalid user fluffy from 63.199.81.217 Dec 11 15:15:41 bailecearc sshd[14788]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 63-199-81-217.namcowireless.com failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Dec 11 15:15:42 bailecearc sshd[14790]: Invalid user admin from 63.199.81.217 Dec 11 15:15:42 bailecearc sshd[14790]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 63-199-81-217.namcowireless.com failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Dec 11 15:15:43 bailecearc sshd[14792]: Invalid user test from 63.199.81.217 Dec 11 15:15:43 bailecearc sshd[14792]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 63-199-81-217.namcowireless.com failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT!
I sent a flood of 2k ping packets to the IP that was dictionary-attacking my system to get their attention and it seemed to work, the login attempts stopped and have not started again.
Come on, fluffy??! Admin and test I can understand, but fluffy??
My secret project is going well—this morning I finished sanding several parts of my project and it only took a couple of minutes. I expect the 200+ that I have left to do will go quickly now that the toughest part is over. I’m sure everyone’s curious to know about it, I’ve mentioned it enough, and I promise that after Christmas I’ll put up a whole area with pictures and everything.