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    fw-7.ftc.gov

    Hits to a website from this IP mean?? Anybody? Have some relatives that are gov employees, that's the most likely explanation. Just curious if anybody has seen that before on their web logs.
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    Nobody? Not even some jokes? like "be afraid... very afraid..."?
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    Something from the Federal Trade Commission, I guess...

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    Dissident 4dm1n brokencrow's Avatar
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    I don't think you have much to worry about, unless you're selling credit card numbers or port scanning their servers. And even then, the Feds contract outfits like Level3 and Verio to do initial investigations, like logging onto or visiting websites.

    Geobytes.com gives its location as Washington DC with a 94% certainty. Your kinfolk in DC?
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    Hm, actually only relation there is a couple Attorneys. Not sure if theyre gov employees... not my half of the family so I'll have to ask the missus.
    Thanks for the clue!
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    The govt scares you but you're OK with Lawyers?

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    Dissident 4dm1n brokencrow's Avatar
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    Could be the VPN or proxy server (ip address) is in one place, and your relatives elsewhere.
    Especially if they're lawyers. Lawyers would very likely be VPN users.
    Last edited by brokencrow; November 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM.
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    Prepare for information overload!

    http://www.robtex.com/dns/ftc.gov.html

    It looks like a pretty complex can of worms to me; I hope you have more luck in making sense of it than I did...............

    It may well be your relatives, and you are just seeing something higher up the chain that where they are?

    ..........but it is a good excuse for ..........

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