From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B4C040A for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:20:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.19]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA17819C for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [84.53.244.114] by 3capp-mailcom-bs03.server.lan (via HTTP); Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:19:43 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: "Slurms MacKenzie" To: dscotese@litmocracy.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:19:43 +0200 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal In-Reply-To: References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-UI-Message-Type: mail X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:r3hZNo8u6ItR+AuKo3rPMUcqik1S/iyNPhYQaM+lT1l QPLaUYJjdXsFKmjzCVzI4Y6RN9D5u1TLKn/sAH1vD1G2yRr5iJ cqHLdbjk3s3SLj0SJ7oPuWSNTBkIw7OCDtRRj4YSEkIdclo3Op 0qb3STQXUcVyKv4CJYf4jxe/sRF7gHIZaGLKVjKmQBfF/VQDhe TKctYvPcdVsGMqIuyukq5wi+GL+yu8+Ye9qADc38PY1ipOAXSL 9dmNmNVXiDqFiYpTYOpoWoh1avFwvNcWi0oURzO8QJWnqTaI+1 Iz7J0HdlTtlPLLc1Ae/PETBkyo9 X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:3ly56RiE5oU=:H0hvpBeEZb85yqaAilk6OC C43Hs/0wE4qA1w9FmsZbObSqsT9o1RmhHSSmVxxIxSO7UUiC+z47Q2/+s/3mi8850kRxdujoI nG9VBusN4y6RGJLKcqaqMQDu7zbjDOZm7KD78bf34CX0y9pT4KV0/r1YsUC3kso9AN6O/RKvh nKARiIO1z4F+ZFB7A3Cr42+WNUtti89sPZAOmdlawhzoJ4JIuRBJ69g8ZryyOYFO89TYF/Uqi l3FR8ygpbitltpCE9DTJ22iFCHEz+eiIUtEAZyw3Yj+Yx0rf1Wjywd2fCGZHFooCrKBAiWQZd AMiiCo/Ir72YjlvO1qloA8MhIPdB5Pi4tb7Qs6BmavwwHai+O5twfK3MXCWO48nyo7y098L/9 70xuDb9Sh5zMQuwN/gVpkit89teiDFV5oY+iXqNczd4r/Pcuj+uTRgIyvHCkWxvhbmm8TZjBo nLWXPf5a6A== X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on smtp1.linux-foundation.org Cc: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Roadmap 2015, or "If We Do Nothing" Analysis X-BeenThere: bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Bitcoin Development Discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 11:20:04 -0000 The answer to that is a less illegal than probing other peoples web servers= =2E Up until recently the reverse name lookup for that IP address was marke= ts=2Eblockchain=2Einfo, which I resolve when I log incoming connections in = an attempt to filter out some abusive clients coming from university connec= tions=2E=20 Other people have noticed these abusive clients too=2E There=E2=80=99s men= tions of other connections running the same version of BitcoinJ coming from= sources that appear to be blockchain=2Einfo which display similar behavior= =2E A user in #bitcoin-dev was complaining about this client hammering clos= ed ports with connections when they are kicked off=2E=20 http://bitcoinstats=2Ecom/irc/bitcoin-dev/logs/2015/02/09#l1423513396=2E0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 > Sent:=C2=A0Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 4:23 AM > From:=C2=A0"Dave Scotese via bitcoin-dev" > To:=C2=A0bitcoin-dev@lists=2Elinuxfoundation=2Eorg > Subject:=C2=A0Re: [bitcoin-dev] Bitcoin Roadmap 2015, or "If We Do Nothi= ng" Analysis > When I looked up that IP address, the Whois info names "OVH" and "Octave= Klaba" (who founded OVH, according to Wikipedia) as the owner=2E=C2=A0 "b= lockchain=2Einfo[http://blockchain=2Einfo]" appears in the HTML header as r= etrieved by the "Anti-Hacker Alliance" (http://anti-hacker-alliance=2Ecom/i= ndex=2Ephp?details=3D37=2E187=2E136=2E15[http://anti-hacker-alliance=2Ecom/= index=2Ephp?details=3D37=2E187=2E136=2E15])=2E=C2=A0 Blockchain=2Einfo itse= lf returns IP addresses managed by CloudFlare whenever I try it=2E =C2=A0