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Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Blake on December 20, 2003, 01:50:07 am

My friend Steven just told me about a person who was going around to message boards and getting people's AIM/MSN/YIM and stuff screen names, IMing them, and using some program to get their IP address from them...

It's something that was happening in Idaho, but who knows how fast it will get around, so watch out for any odd IMs, because well, it's just smart.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Layla on December 20, 2003, 07:17:07 am

8O *hides email address*

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Chloe on December 20, 2003, 09:41:32 am

thanks for that info...

*blocks unknown s/n's*

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: LimeTwister on December 20, 2003, 10:17:36 am

i have everyone *not* on my list blocked...

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Vultch on December 20, 2003, 10:47:27 am

dont be so paranoid. so what if someone gets your IP? It aint that hard.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: LimeTwister on December 20, 2003, 10:49:08 am

but i would still suggest the block people not on your list...

cuz i kept getting the stupid idiots i/iming me saying "who are you?"

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: TSE on December 20, 2003, 10:55:42 am

Quote from: "LimeTwister"

but i would still suggest the block people not on your list...

cuz i kept getting the stupid idiots i/iming me saying "who are you?"

But maybe they DO know you!  You'd be missing out.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Blake on December 20, 2003, 04:36:57 pm

Quote from: "blackvulture"

dont be so paranoid. so what if someone gets your IP? It aint that hard.

Yeah, but he went further into telling me about it, but I didn't quite listen  :oops:  but it wasn't good.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Will on December 20, 2003, 06:01:29 pm

Ok... so someone knows your IP address? Big deal.

# nmap -sV -vV -O danelmarko's_ip_address.

Errrr.. what was I doing again?

People can port scan you if they know your IP address. That's about it. Unless you are running network services...

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Manda on December 20, 2003, 07:24:35 pm

thanks for that.
:)
*whew*
Amanda

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Blake on December 20, 2003, 07:31:17 pm

What can they do when they port scan?

I dunno, it seemed like something to warn people about...haha

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Dj SG on December 27, 2003, 10:58:52 pm

people(hackers) can flood your server and send pretty harmful viruses and worms through your IP address. but if you have a GOOD fire wall you dont have to worry.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Will on December 28, 2003, 09:21:49 am

Quote from: "Dj SG"

people(hackers) can flood your server and send pretty harmful viruses and worms through your IP address. but if you have a GOOD fire wall you dont have to worry.

Flood my server? Most people don't have servers. In this context, if someone had a server, there is no difference between a server and a regular workstation. If the connection is flooded, the connection is flooded. And a firewall won't save you, unless the attack is an ICMP flood, which is rarely used anymore because every firewall on the market today will block it. At that point, you can simply release and renew your IP address and the attack is over.

Sending viruses? Most spread through e-mail. IP has nothing to do with it. Worms spread automatically. Yes, they need your IP to find you. But they find it by themselves. Nobody gives it to them.

IP addresses are no big deal. If the forums.nessaholics.com server didn't know your's, it couldn't send you this page. Your computer automatically looks up the address of the server (64.71.177.236). Your computer then tells the server to give you what you want and it tells the server your IP address so it can send the information back to you. It's like a phone number. Yeah, you can be EEEEKKKKK! about people having your phone number. Chill out. It's in the phone book. Nobody is going to hurt you with your phone number.

Please stop spreading misinformation about things you know nothing about. All this misinformation that reads like voodoo is driving me crazy!

William Lewis
Student, Cisco Networking Academy (CCNA)

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 29, 2003, 11:32:08 am

Quote from: "m125 Boy"

Rant

*sniff*

I love you man.

*sniff*

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Logikal X on December 29, 2003, 11:42:36 am

ill save them the trouble

65.173.249.232

RD that and see if you can get a password

no big deal the server will crash before you have long enough to cause damage haha

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 29, 2003, 11:53:01 am

Quote from: "Logikal X"

ill save them the trouble

65.173.249.232

RD that and see if you can get a password

no big deal the server will crash before you have long enough to cause damage haha

Yeah! Me too.  Here's mine, 127.0.0.1. ;)


edited: to fix the joke.  I typed it wrong  :cry:

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Logikal X on December 29, 2003, 12:31:07 pm

Quote from: "Grakthis"

Yeah! Me too.  Here's mine, 127.1.1.1. ;)

wuss  :wink:

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Blake on December 29, 2003, 03:40:36 pm

Wow little did I know what this post would do  :roll:

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 30, 2003, 05:54:59 am

Quote from: "Logikal X"

Quote from: "Grakthis"

Yeah! Me too.  Here's mine, 127.1.1.1. ;)

wuss  :wink:

yeah, but it would be funnier if someone tried to hack 127.0.0.1

(for those who don't get the joke, 127.0.0.1 points to the local machine in your host file... which is your OWN PC)

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Logikal X on December 30, 2003, 05:59:49 am

that wouldnt be funny




that would be STUPID  :razz:

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 30, 2003, 06:04:08 am

Quote from: "Logikal X"

Hackers are STUPID  :razz:

Edited for clarity  :D .

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Logikal X on December 30, 2003, 06:11:59 am

175 H4X0R5 5Ux0R5 637 17 57R417




1337!!!OMGLOL!!!111

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 30, 2003, 08:40:19 am

Quote from: "Logikal X"

175 H4X0R5 5Ux0R5 637 17 57R417




1337!!!OMGLOL!!!111

I lol'd!

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: rosieposy87 on December 30, 2003, 08:46:28 am

Quote from: "Grakthis"

Quote from: "Logikal X"

175 H4X0R5 5Ux0R5 637 17 57R417




1337!!!OMGLOL!!!111

I lol'd!

Andrew laughed!? You've broken the Iron Man pete!!! *applauds*

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 30, 2003, 12:59:04 pm

Quote from: "rosieposy87"

Andrew laughed!? You've broken the Iron Man pete!!! *applauds*

STFU!  I laugh all the time!  Bully.

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: rosieposy87 on December 30, 2003, 01:04:42 pm

Quote from: "Andrew's Inner Child"

I...I...laugh all the time! So naaaaaaa...Mummy! She's bullying me!

Quote from: "Andrew's Mother"

Oh shut up boy! You're always getting beaten up by girls!

Title: AIM/MSA/YIM/All Those, WARNING!
Post by: Grakthis on December 30, 2003, 01:10:07 pm

Quote from: "rosieposy87"

Quote from: "Andrew's Inner Child"

I...I...laugh all the time! So naaaaaaa...Mummy! She's bullying me!

Quote from: "Andrew's Mother"

Oh shut up boy! You're always getting beaten up by girls!

lol.

More accurate than you immagine  :wink:

Hell, to this day I get up on by girls!  Except, now I enjoy it  :twisted: