Re: Rogue IP Address

From: Alaric Darconville (alaric_at_cowboy.net)
Date: 05/02/03

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    I have seen a few responses to this stating to block that IP address at
    the router, or to reassign that address to another machine, in the hopes
    that someone will holler about his network not working. But someone
    intentionally using an IP address different from what they were assigned
    is probably not going to turn himself in like that. It would be akin to
    driving a stolen police car to the city garage and having the engine
    looked at.

    It might be as simple as someone mis-entering the IP when
    setting up the system, but if it's a Linux machine then it's probably not
    doing the same things the user's ordinary workstation would be doing,
    therefore, he'd have to leave that machine running. On the other hand, he
    may have a dual-boot configuration on his machine, in which case, the IP
    he's usually assigned won't always show up on the network
    (disappearing when he reboots to go to his Linux setup). Perhaps the IP
    he's using is some sort of accidental transposition of characters (171
    instead of 117, for example.) But if no IP's dropped off the face of the
    earth when the new one started showing up, it's definitely "IP
    theft." He's not going to call tech support, he'll just switch to another
    stolen IP. For the most part, you're going to ahve to assume that he
    knows what he is doing is wrong. Forget trying to get him to call when
    that machine can't connect.

    Looking for extra machines in the area may help track it down. Pinging it
    to get the MAC address from the Arp cache will identify the machine a bit
    further. Trying to telnet to standard ports (25, 110, 23, etc) may reveal
    banners to help identify it. Maybe you'll be lucky and the sendmail
    banner displays "220 masterofpuppets ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.5" etc.... Look
    for the huge Metallica fan in the building :)

    Alaric Darconville

    Andy (dondon@pacbell.net) wrote:
    >Someone on our network assigned an IP address to their own system without
    >my knowledge. Using LANguard network scanner, the best I can tell is
    >that it's a Linux box. The port-to-IP mapping table on our Asante switch
    >doesn't see to work correctly.
    >
    >Any suggestions on tracing down that system that is associated with the
    >IP is appreciated!

    Andy

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