Repeated hack attempts

[riggs_9mmp]

I've been getting repeated attempts to guess a username and password on my mailserver at home from ip addresses like 165.145.123.89. Is there any way to trace them, they look similar to my adsl IP from Telkom.

thanks

 

[noswal]

Whois

http://www.dnsstuff.com:8080/tools/whois.ch?ip=165.145.123.89

 

[riggs_9mmp]

so it's from a telkom internet subscriber? can i report this user?

 

[w1z4rd]

[email protected]

 

[riggs_9mmp]

spoke to saix support, i need to tell the cops about this, after which saix will be able to tell me from which isp it came. anyone know a quicker way to find out who the isp was? it could be any on the saix network according to saix.

 

[|tera|]

This may sound really stupid, but just get a decent firewall and don't worry about it. Hackers are hackers and this guy's a n00b. Don't make too much work for yourself.

 

[asmith]

Or perhaps it was not a hacker at all, but someone else who runs a pop server on an adsl line, and got capped, resulting in their dynamic dns not getting updates and you getting the requests meant for their box?

 

[Arcadies]

and btw hes not doing anything illegal, why cant he go to that ip?

 

[kilo39]

and btw hes not doing anything illegal, why cant he go to that ip?

Well - if you stand there - and constantly try defeat security on my garden gate - then that is intent to commit a crime - unacceptable and probably illegal.