[TikiTDO]

05:21 -!- mode/#linode [+b !ryan@54.228.197.*] by akerl

05:24 -!- ryan| [~violator@37.235.49.168] has joined #linode

05:24 < ryan|> quite rude of you

05:25 -!- ryan| was kicked from #linode by akerl [ryan|]

05:27 -!- root__ [~[e-mail]] has joined #linode

05:27 -!- root__ is now known as ryan||

05:27 < ryan||> Quite rude out of you

05:27 < ryan||> To ban me like that

Really puts into perspective the difference in the levels of skill involved.

When dealing with someone of this level, they really should have just notified everyone immediately. There's no telling what info these people have now.

[InclinedPlane]

Uh, why? Because they have access to different IPs? That's trivial.

[TikiTDO]

The speed at which he switches hosts implies he's got quite a sophisticated tool chain set up for this. The level of skill really becomes parent if you read the rest of the log though.

[InclinedPlane]

There are several minutes of delay in there. I could just about set up a brand new VPS, ssh to it, install irssi and connect within that amount of time. Let alone logging into a system I already had set up.

It does not impress me in the slightest bit.

[D9u]

I agree... Then the skid chose the nick "root_" in an attempt at appearing to have "rooted" some box... It's no difficult task to ssh into another server and reconnect, and if "ryan" is who I think it is, he's a bot herder who enjoys DDoS attacks on those who upset his false sense of superiority. He's well versed in server management, but exploiting other's servers is what he's working towards, and he failed to crack a server belonging to some friends of mine, so his only recourse was a DDoS.

[thejosh]

Or you know, just use random socks proxies to connect, it isn't as advanced as it seems.