From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 20:19:17 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02C89B19 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 20:19:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vc0-x22a.google.com (mail-vc0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B91A72735 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 20:19:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id lf12so5138161vcb.1 for ; Thu, 22 May 2014 13:19:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=XJTfg0jkqrEeE1iwzpIaDA3U6ntpZiH18EGMRbtunOo=; b=CmhfSxZqc6/hwiiJjV0I96qgIny7eDzeKZevTcSqD7rJBqHFXJTD6KU9NgKav+s1gj Mjv1RbSgCFrnNnSWrUwfXKgmbtBMfXcBt+o6aktwe1/8CdDfOOp4nvbxBi6VHetCsg9G fR8LV3J2q+g9LxPAnky168JNL8pZdz/OSsrCsYSTjBf6q4P9qmgJmLVsBpORz+p0xYVO F61a4A9UPP2pI2wF6BijwN0jft/vgO1tZS7TTW/kJ7R48RfH/ezNNiMkqtfB3SwgATsZ PPpnGPYcN+L9SV/pny7gmQuVwoPL/qtajbqjIOo24PY8xw+SLWPw2RqNacVHrC+LHwMl iYLw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.221.59.194 with SMTP id wp2mr237567vcb.59.1400789955253; Thu, 22 May 2014 13:19:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.221.67.136 with HTTP; Thu, 22 May 2014 13:19:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <26921.1400788651@server1.tristatelogic.com> References: <26921.1400788651@server1.tristatelogic.com> Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:19:15 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Trivia: Puzzling eBay response (IP 10.2.98.245) From: Kurt Buff To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 20:19:17 -0000 On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > After that, eBay sent me the following message, the last bit of which > is rather entirely puzzling: > > =========================================================================== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > eBay Change Password Confirmation > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dear Ron, > > This is a courtesy message to let you know that your eBay password has been > successfully changed. No response is needed. > > If you did not make this change, please contact us at > http://ocs.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?[REDACTED] and sign in as a guest. > > The password change request was made from: > - IP address: 69.62.255.118 > - ISP host: 10.2.98.245 > =========================================================================== > > So, I mean, WTF? > > 69.62.255.118 is indeed my correct static IP address, and is indeed the > place from whence I changed my password yesterday. > > I really do wonder where the bleep they got 10.2.98.245 from. > > Obviously, that's an RFC1918 address. > > I do suspect that that IP address has a lot more to do with them, and with > the geography of their own internal network than it has to do with _my_ ISP. Rather than incompetence, I'd first suspect Carrier Grade NAT. Kurt