Crack attempt

[Brian Densmore]

FYI.
This guy spent two hours Thursday, 3am-5am,
trying to break into my server's root account.

168.68.129.127


Dig says:
; <<>> DiG 2.1 <<>> @dns1.menandmice.is 168.68.129.127 A
; (1 server found)
;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch
;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 0, Auth: 1, Addit: 0
;; QUESTIONS:
;; 168.68.129.127, type = A, class = IN
;; AUTHORITY RECORDS:
. 	300 	SOA 	A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. (
	2004102900 	serial	
	1800 	refresh (30 mins)	
	900 	retry (15 mins)	
	604800 	expire (7 days)	
	86400 ) 	minimum (1 day)	
;; Total query time: 2 msec
;; FROM: us.mirror.menandmice.com to SERVER: default -- 0.0.0.0
;; WHEN: Fri Oct 29 09:09:57 2004
;; MSG SIZE sent: 32 rcvd: 107

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ARIN says:

OrgName:    USDA Office of Operations
OrgID:      UOO-2
Address:    Suite 133, Building A
Address:    2150 Centre Ave
City:       Fort Collins
StateProv:  CO
PostalCode: 80526
Country:    US

NetRange:   168.68.0.0 - 168.68.255.255
CIDR:       168.68.0.0/16
NetName:    PPQ
NetHandle:  NET-168-68-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-168-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Assignment
NameServer: NS1.USDA.GOV
NameServer: NS2.USDA.GOV
NameServer: NS3.USDA.GOV
Comment:
RegDate:    1994-01-26
Updated:    2003-04-30

OrgAbuseHandle: ZU20-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   USDA - Office of the ChiefInformation Officer
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-970-295-5277
OrgAbuseEmail:  Network.Operations at usda.gov

OrgNOCHandle: ZU20-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   USDA - Office of the ChiefInformation Officer
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-970-295-5277
OrgNOCEmail:  Network.Operations at usda.gov

OrgTechHandle: ZU20-ARIN
OrgTechName:   USDA - Office of the ChiefInformation Officer
OrgTechPhone:  +1-970-295-5277
OrgTechEmail:  Network.Operations at usda.gov

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