OMG... That's terrible...
I established this server and owned its domain name for more than 4 years, and I also owned this IP for more than two years. So undoubtedly that was my server at that time... I used my server for SSH tunneling and my own blog only and I have no intention to launch any attack against any others' service. Could it be worm or intended hacking?
(The reason I didn't report this question until now is because I had alternative routing to Wikipedia but its blocked due to MIS policy update recently.)
From July this year I formatted its HDD and upgraded its OS
to newest FBSD stable. Can you check your security log to see whether my server is clean? If yes, please help to remove my server from the black list of Wikipedia.
Thanks for your help. Brian.
2007/11/27, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org:
It's a good question, and the answer is: because it isn't the root cause. We don't block by hostname, so you can't get ERR_ACCESS_DENIED by using the wrong one. The real reason is because your host (220.130.167.166) was blocked along with 54 other IPs on March 17 this year, due to its apparent involvement in a DoS attempt. Was this host under your control at the time? -- Tim Starling