Actually, it seems this his how you get stolen items back in the internet age ;-). http://www.evanwashere.com/StolenSidekick/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Michael.Dillon@btradianz.com Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 5:32 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Tracing network procedure for stolen computers

Earlier this month my daughters Ibook was stolen, oh well that is life I guess. Anyway updated mail server software for full debug and IP log since noticed that mail account was accessed yesterday.

It's a UNIX machine. You own it. You know the password. If you had only set up an SSH server on it, you would now be able to log in and collect additional information about the current user. Interesting things can happen when intelligent devices find themselves stolen... http://www.evanwashere.com/StolenSidekick/ --Michael Dillon