Journal bechthros's Journal: i am a moron and don't get this at all 2
slashdot won't let me post anymore, says i'm on an open proxy. it then tells me what my ip is (correctly) but gives me a port number that doesn't show up via netstat -a.
it's 5 in the morning and i've already had to deal with losing my entire recording drive and all the work on all the music i've done in the past year. i really don't want to deal with this shit right now. can one of my smart friends tell me what the fuck is going on right now please? thanks.
the irony is that i have 5 mod points, but i can't even post.
UPDATE: i just ran a port scan on hackerwatch.org and it said nothing about this port being open.
Are you running a wireless router? (Score:2)
Someone else may be leaching off your connection ...
Or your external IP may have changed, and the new one is on their list of banned IPs ... I had to email them when mine changed a year ago and I was suddenly geting the PPoD (Pink Page of Death).
Anyway, that's all I can think of this early in the day.
Don't be worried (Score:2)