Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:07:46 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <leblanc+freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Annoying RedAlert.com activity Message-ID: <20030329170746.GA76439@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20030329082518.0142ed68@sage-one.net> References: <3.0.5.32.20030329082518.0142ed68@sage-one.net>
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On 03/29/03 08:25 AM, Jack L. Stone sat at the `puter and typed: > This is semi-OT, but is a FBSD firewall question. > > Every day, I see this in the logs: > 65.194.51.136 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:47 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.133 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:47 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.131 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:49 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.135 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:50 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.132 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:52 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.134 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:26:55 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.155 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:28:24 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.156 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:29:14 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.137 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:30:45 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.154 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:34:13 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.152 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:34:21 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.151 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:34:50 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > 65.194.51.165 - - [29/Mar/2003:00:34:52 -0600] "HEAD / HTTP/1.0" 200 0 "-" > "RedAlert.com" > > Question: > At the "redalert.com" web site, they claim to be a server monitoring > service, but I've never signed up for the service and don't want this daily > waste of BW that appears on all of my web servers. It is annoying and I > would like to block their network via the firewall. > > Based on the above, what would be the best choice of how to block the network: > 65.194.51.?/? > > Thanks for any suggestions.... I'd start with any of the 'contact us' links that are probably all over their website. You never know, they may have inadvertently started monitoring your websites, or your upstream provider might have signed themselves or you up. If it has something to do with your upstream provider, bring up the added bandwidth issue, and ask how that affects your monthly bill. I'm sure someone can simply stop these hits at the source. Failing that, look up the IP block and just block that range: $ whois -h whois.arin.net 65.194.51.165 UUNET Technologies, Inc. UUNET65 (NET-65-192-0-0-1) 65.192.0.0 - 65.223.255.255 Keynotes systems UU-65-194-51 (NET-65-194-51-0-1) 65.194.51.0 - 65.194.51.255 This is a pretty broad range, so you might want to start with a range you know redalert uses (.131-.165), then just expand it as you get new messages. HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning. -- George D. Prentice
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