Something strange is going on. When checking my stats from statcounter, I noticed that a little-visited site (30 or so visits a day) suddenly had 800+ this morning. I checked the stats and they all are coming from a single IP address:
255.255.255.255
That doesn't resolve to anything. So I blocked it temporarily.
Does anyone have a clue as to what that might be?
cmarshall
4:46 pm on Dec 17, 2007 (gmt 0)
That's a local broadcast address. It is probably coming from a server within your ISP. It shouldn't propagate beyond the first router hop.
jretzer
4:54 pm on Dec 17, 2007 (gmt 0)
Is it something I should be concerned about ... some sort of hijacking or malware or something ... or can I turn that ip address back on
cmarshall
5:07 pm on Dec 17, 2007 (gmt 0)
Probably not, but it may indicate a bug in the server, or that another account on the ISP has been hacked.
