CLX archive - 1998: Garbage Connection

Garbage Connection

Matthew George (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:50:30 -0600

Here is logged information in my err.log file when the bogus user
connected that created the mystery dangling login, the callsign that
seems to be screwed up is KC7NAT, I wonder if this user has a messed up
TNC setting for his call???:

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Apr 28 01:38:40 ng7m syslog: kc7nat?@-15->[Connect]
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: usr_ctl/rpc_send.cc -> snd_ctl, 0 -
1/^Hc^F^Hlo^??\
4n^??m^^(): {@@@@@@@@@@@@}Hi om, This is nc7j, a Linux-PacketCluster
node runni\
ng CLX3.04. Last started: 27-Apr-1998 0201Z - Uptime: 0.23:36:52.
Cluster: 0 li\
nks, 0 total nodes, 8 local users. <RPC: Can't encode arguments>
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: usr_ctl/rpc_send.cc -> mb_ctl, 0 -
3/h^A^E^Hh^A^E^\
H,n^??u!(): {@@@@@@@@@@@@}info/etc/motd<RPC: Can't encode arguments>
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: usr_ctl/rpc_send.cc -> mb_ctl, 0 -
3/h^A^E^Hh^A^E^\
H,n^??u!(): {@@@@@@@@@@@@}9999 mail/^?I^D^Hp}^E^Htu^D^H<RPC: Can't
encode argum\
ents>
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: usr_ctl/rpc_send.cc -> mb_ctl, 0 -
3/h^A^E^Hh^A^E^\
H,n^??u!(): {@@@@@@@@@@@@}batch/start/FI^D^Hp}^E^HP|^??<RPC: Can't
encode argum\
ents>
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: icl_com/us_ctrl.cc: Message is not correct
"PC16"/\
3 from nc7j.
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: w7ct-15<-:Login at 0138Z: l|^??"^M
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16<-:Login at 0138Z: l|^??"^M
Apr 28 01:38:41 ng7m syslog: k7opt<-:Login at 0138Z: l|^??"^M
Apr 28 01:40:30 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16->:
Apr 28 01:40:30 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16<-:(nc7j-16) de nc7j 28-Apr-1998
0140Z QRV \
de NC7J >^M
Apr 28 01:40:39 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16->:sh/us
Apr 28 01:40:39 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16<-:User:^M k7xb-15 k7sx-15
k\
7js-15 w7ct-15 n7kh-15 (nc7j-16)^M k7opt
l|^??"^M
Apr 28 01:40:39 ng7m syslog: nc7j-16<-:(nc7j-16) de nc7j 28-Apr-1998
0140Z QRV \
de NC7J >^M
Apr 28 01:40:46 ng7m syslog: kc7nat?@-15->:?^M
Apr 28 01:41:09 ng7m syslog: disconnect. byte = -1, errno =
107/Transport endpo\
int is not connected
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I hope this helps...

mg

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