Re: Strange access attempt
From: andy smart (anonymus_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/11/04
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:00:45 +0100
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robw2k7399 wrote:
| I have my Sygate Personal Firewall set to ask me if Generic Host
| Processes tries to connect to the Internet. Yesterday it prompted me
| that armyg1.army.mil is trying to connect to Generic Host Processes.
| Now, I don't work for the military or anything like that. I denied the
| request. A few minutes later it asked again. I did a Whois lookup on
| armyg1.army.mil and came up with this:
|
| 143.84.99.16
| Host unreachable
|
| 143.84.0.0 - 143.84.255.255
|
| Headquarters, USAAISC
| NETC-ANC CONUS TNOSC
| Ft Huachuca
| AZ
| 85613
| United States
|
| Cartagena, Lina
| +1-800-305-3036
| CARTAGENAA@hqasc.army.mil
| Bates, Joan
| +1-520-538-1234
| domain-request@aims7.army.mil
|
| NS01.ARMY.MIL
| NS02.ARMY.MIL
|
| ODS-NET17
| Created: 1990-03-26
| Updated: 2004-03-11
| Source: whois.arin.net
|
| I called the "800" number on this and a guy answered "I.T.". I told
| him of the issue that I experienced and all he said was: "that IP is
| part of our proxy range and our RC guys might have hit a proxy box."
| "IT is nothing to worry about okay sir?"
|
| I this goofy or what? I did some research and Ft Huachuca is the head
| of Army intelligence and also has a huge IT branch. I also found a
| site that Lockheed Martin is involved with an Electronic warfare
| program at Ft Hauchuca: http://tinyurl.com/3nycr
|
| I'm a pretty straight and narrow guy. I mainly google search for
| school and check my e-mail. What does this mean?
|
|
|
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They are probably right, all sorts of traffic 'arrives at your front
door' by accident. Good job you're not a paranoid conspiracy theorist
isn't it?
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