Someone with the IP address of 71.171.0.170 has decided they want to try and break my blog. Why? I don't know.
At any rate, they have been banned. I don't really care who it was or what the intent was, but they're banned. If you want to run a security test on my site, get my permission first. I don't come to your house and try to pick the locks on your doors, do I?
Anyhow, here's the technical information about that IP address:
; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> -x 71.171.0.170
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6810
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4
;; QUESTION SECTION: ;170.0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR
;; ANSWER SECTION: 170.0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN PTR pool-71-171-0-170.ronkva.east.verizon.net.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns1.bellatlantic.net. 0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns2.verizon.net. 0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns2.bellatlantic.net. 0.171.71.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS ns4.verizon.net.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.bellatlantic.net. 172799 IN A 199.45.32.40 ns2.verizon.net. 172799 IN A 151.203.0.86 ns2.bellatlantic.net. 172799 IN A 199.45.32.41 ns4.verizon.net. 172799 IN A 151.203.0.87
;; Query time: 461 msec ;; SERVER: 192.168.0.231#53(192.168.0.231) ;; WHEN: Tue Nov 28 10:40:27 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 247
OrgName: Verizon Internet Services Inc. OrgID: VRIS Address: 1880 Campus Commons Dr City: Reston StateProv: VA PostalCode: 20191 Country: US
NetRange: 71.160.0.0 - 71.186.255.255 CIDR: 71.160.0.0/12, 71.176.0.0/13, 71.184.0.0/15, 71.186.0.0/16 NetName: VIS-BLOCK NetHandle: NET-71-160-0-0-1 Parent: NET-71-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.BELLATLANTIC.NET NameServer: NS2.BELLATLANTIC.NET NameServer: NS2.VERIZON.NET NameServer: NS4.VERIZON.NET Comment: RegDate: 2005-06-01 Updated: 2006-06-22
OrgAbuseHandle: VISAB-ARIN OrgAbuseName: VIS Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-214-513-6711 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@verizon.net
OrgTechHandle: ZV20-ARIN OrgTechName: Verizon Internet Services OrgTechPhone: +1-703-295-4583 OrgTechEmail: IPMGMT@verizon.com