NationStates Jolt Archive


Operation OPSPEC

Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:20
There have been 1651 bad login attempt(s) since your last successful login.

Should this worry me?
Cassandrah
01-01-2005, 16:25
There have been 1651 bad login attempt(s) since your last successful login.

Should this worry me?

I would be slightly worried, but it also depends on how difficult the password is. 1651 attempt looks like the work of a bot. When was the last time you logged in before this one?
Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:26
I would be slightly worried, but it also depends on how difficult the password is. 1651 attempt looks like the work of a bot. When was the last time you logged in before this one?

about an hour..

my password is kinda simple...
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 16:39
Why the title OPSPEC?

How does Operation Security have anything to do with multiple bad login attempts?

Perhaps changing your password would be a good first move?
Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:41
Why the title OPSPEC?

How does Operation Security have anything to do with multiple bad login attempts?

Perhaps changing your password would be a good first move?

I did that, just now. But how hard can it be to guess scrabble?
World wide allies
01-01-2005, 16:45
There have been 1651 bad login attempt(s) since your last successful login.

Should this worry me?

Isn't that the exact same number of attempts that happened to Kahta too ..

How strange.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:51
Isn't that the exact same number of attempts that happened to Kahta too ..

How strange.

I don't know what you are telling me.. What happenned the her?
DontPissUsOff
01-01-2005, 16:52
I was gonna say the same thing. Sounds like someone's buggering about with a bot.

Edit: Kahta got the same thing.
Sasatia
01-01-2005, 16:56
A password made of one word? What, do you want people to get in!? Come on people, your not all that stupid are you?
My password for most things is a letter, followed by a name and a random word.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:57
I was gonna say the same thing. Sounds like someone's buggering about with a bot.

Edit: Kahta got the same thing.


A bot is a program, right? If they get my secret password they are me, right? I get deted and someone has a good laugh.

mOds already have me on their radar
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 16:57
My password is an alphanumerical sequence
Word Games
01-01-2005, 16:59
A password made of one word? What, do you want people to get in!? Come on people, your not all that stupid are you?
My password for most things is a letter, followed by a name and a random word.


bbobnutjob?

so scrabble is not a good idea, I'll change it to crosswords

thks
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 17:03
Word - why are you posting (even if not in actuality) your password in incredibly small letters?
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:05
Word - why are you posting (even if not in actuality) your password in incredibly small letters?

I'm whispering
-Verbatim-
01-01-2005, 17:06
Word - why are you posting (even if not in actuality) your password in incredibly small letters?
Big letters you mean?
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 17:08
Big letters you mean?

no - i mean small...

like the word 'whispering' a couple of posts above this one
Sasatia
01-01-2005, 17:08
I'm whispering

WHAT!?
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:12
OK enough frivolity in this thread. OUt with you all. I want a mOd to respond to my question. Could someone hyjack my Nation an get me deted? AGAIN..
-Verbatim-
01-01-2005, 17:15
no - i mean small...

like the word 'whispering' a couple of posts above this one
The word 'whispering' was bigger too...
-Verbatim-
01-01-2005, 17:17
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_nation/NationMessage=There%20have%20been%201651%20bad%20login%20attempt(s)%20since%20your%20last%20successf ul%20login.
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 17:17
The word 'whispering' was bigger too...

it isn't on my screen

Could someone hyjack my Nation an get me deted? AGAIN..

Yes, if someone hijacks your Nation and does something incredibly shocking - then a Mod would have the right to delete your Nation - I think. I'm not a Mod though - and I may be wrong.

You can appeal I believe.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:21
You can appeal I believe.

the answer I got last time was ....

no
Kahta
01-01-2005, 17:30
This happened to me too...

Have you been having any problems with the paradise beach people or mods recently?
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 17:31
It all depends on the circumstances, and on how polite you are.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:33
This happened to me too...

Have you been having any problems with the paradise beach people or mods recently?

It is very risky dising the mOds in this forum..

but, I have always pushed the envelope just a little bit..

Is someone trying to hyjack me? Can this be detected?
Kahta
01-01-2005, 17:39
Well, my guess is that its someone from paradise beach, I was IP banned from there the other night, because I suspected there was a conspiracy against me.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:41
I can't cahnge my password.. Aww crap I'm doomed..
Aligned Planets
01-01-2005, 17:43
Ask a Mod to do it for you.
Erastide
01-01-2005, 17:44
Yes, the mods will be able to *actually* check how many bad logins you've had. I suggest you simply wait until one shows up to help you.

Although given that you have the same number as Kahta had, it seems more likely you were both clicking on the
same link (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_nation/NationMessage=There%20have%20been%201651%20bad%20login%20attempt(s)%20since%20your%20last%20successf ul%20login) that Verbatim already put in this thread.

You can write any message to any nation that will show up in red when they click it. It was discussed briefly at the end of Kahta's initial problems:
http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=384732
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:48
Ask a Mod to do it for you.

Oooh something about that strikes me as just a bad idea..
Word Games
01-01-2005, 17:49
Yes, the mods will be able to *actually* check how many bad logins you've had. I suggest you simply wait until one shows up to help you.

Although given that you have the same number as Kahta had, it seems more likely you were both clicking on the
same link (http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_nation/NationMessage=There%20have%20been%201651%20bad%20login%20attempt(s)%20since%20your%20last%20successf ul%20login) that Verbatim already put in this thread.

You can write any message to any nation that will show up in red when they click it. It was discussed briefly at the end of Kahta's initial problems:
http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=384732

Aww crap please ignore this thread I feel rather silly now..
-Verbatim-
01-01-2005, 18:13
Why? Someone wasn't trying to get into your nation?
-Verbatim-
01-01-2005, 18:15
Well, my guess is that its someone from paradise beach, I was IP banned from there the other night, because I suspected there was a conspiracy against me.
Kahta, there's no conspiracy against against you, and stop blaming Paradise Beach.
Word Games
01-01-2005, 18:16
Why? Someone wasn't trying to get into your nation?


Clicker (http://www.timvp.com/mi.html)
Unfree People
01-01-2005, 19:17
Aww crap please ignore this thread I feel rather silly now..
Right. I'm assuming that means you don't mind if I lock this now, to prevent further off-topicness.