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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:23:46 PDT7
From:	"Robert Blair" <blairra@tstonramp.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HOST command ?

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** Reply to message from Peter Skye on Thu, 11 Sep 2003
17:07:05 PDT7

> [G:\]host 66.220.17.151
> 66.220.17.151 = 151.17.220.66.in-addr.arpa
>
> My firewall shows unusually heavy activity from 66.220.17.151 trying to
> break into my machine. I've never used HOST before and don't understand
> the response. HOST.EXE has no online help and the Warp TCP/IP help file
> isn't clear on what the response means.

That is the name that 66.220.17.151 resolves to. In this case by itself it is
not much use. The most likely reason is that someone's computer is infected
with a worm and that worm is trying to propagate itself into your machine.
Since you have a firewall on your machine there is probably not much to worry
about.

I could not find any official reporting addresses for this IP. Send a message
to all of these addresses, one of them my be helpful.

postmaster@66.in-addr.arpa
postmaster@17.220.66.in-addr.arpa
postmaster@220.66.in-addr.arpa
postmaster@151.17.220.66.in-addr.arpa
postmaster@in-addr.arpa

I think the IP address belongs to

Hurricane Ridge LLC (HURRICANE2-DOM)
701 5th Ave, Suite 6801
Seattle, WA 98104

I could not find a reporting address for them either.

--
Robert Blair

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