I just caught this one: 2007-08-25 16:57:52 SMTP connection from [125.187.32.144]:45885 (TCP/IP connection count = 1) 2007-08-25 16:58:11 SMTP connection from [125.187.32.222]:52495 (TCP/IP connection count = 2) 2007-08-25 16:58:22 ident connection to 125.187.32.144 timed out 2007-08-25 16:58:25 no host name found for IP address 125.187.32.144 Traceroute says: traceroute to 125.187.32.144 (125.187.32.144), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 krzach.peter-dambier.de (192.168.48.2) 1.112 ms 1.590 ms 1.774 ms 2 * * * 3 217.0.78.54 83.412 ms 83.446 ms 183.549 ms 4 217.239.40.33 183.582 ms 190.061 ms 207.031 ms 5 dt-gw.n54ny.ip.att.net (192.205.32.57) 207.000 ms * * 6 * * * 7 12.122.16.137 268.719 ms 275.778 ms 284.531 ms 8 cr1.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.122.1.190) 209.032 ms 217.048 ms 223.948 ms 9 12.122.17.130 229.927 ms 237.691 ms 245.808 ms 10 tbr1.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.10.6) 252.838 ms 260.754 ms 269.676 ms 11 12.122.110.5 277.657 ms 576.902 ms * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 203.255.234.221 357.076 ms 357.083 ms 372.057 ms 15 210.120.246.65 379.221 ms 395.135 ms 395.169 ms 16 210.120.117.6 410.197 ms 210.120.248.250 420.023 ms 427.029 ms 17 210.120.244.94 360.443 ms 360.451 ms 210.120.244.90 368.292 ms 18 210.120.104.146 389.240 ms 203.248.223.82 389.274 ms 746.508 ms 19 * * * 22 * * * 23 125.187.32.144(H!) 351.850 ms (H!) 359.870 ms (H!) 367.696 ms But whois keeps telling me: ReferralServer: whois://whois.apnic.net NetRange: 125.0.0.0 - 125.255.255.255 CIDR: 125.0.0.0/8 NetName: APNIC-125 NetHandle: NET-125-0-0-0-1 Parent: NetType: Allocated to APNIC Comment: This IP address range is not registered in the ARIN database. Comment: For details, refer to the APNIC Whois Database via Comment: WHOIS.APNIC.NET or http://www.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois2.pl Comment: ** IMPORTANT NOTE: APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry Comment: for the Asia Pacific region. APNIC does not operate networks Comment: using this IP address range and is not able to investigate Comment: spam or abuse reports relating to these addresses. For more Comment: help, refer to http://www.apnic.net/info/faq/abuse RegDate: 2005-01-27 Updated: 2005-05-20 OrgTechHandle: AWC12-ARIN OrgTechName: APNIC Whois Contact OrgTechPhone: +61 7 3858 3100 OrgTechEmail: search-apnic-not-arin@apnic.net So I should never have seen a packet from them? Kind regards Peter and Karin -- Peter and Karin Dambier Cesidian Root - Radice Cesidiana Rimbacher Strasse 16 D-69509 Moerlenbach-Bonsweiher +49(6209)795-816 (Telekom) +49(6252)750-308 (VoIP: sipgate.de) mail: peter@peter-dambier.de mail: peter@echnaton.arl.pirates http://iason.site.voila.fr/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/iason/ http://www.cesidianroot.com/