On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <r...@tristatelogic.com> wrote: <snip> > After that, eBay sent me the following message, the last bit of which > is rather entirely puzzling: > > =========================================================================== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > eBay Change Password Confirmation > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dear Ron, > > This is a courtesy message to let you know that your eBay password has been > successfully changed. No response is needed. > > If you did not make this change, please contact us at > http://ocs.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?[REDACTED] and sign in as a guest. > > The password change request was made from: > - IP address: 69.62.255.118 > - ISP host: 10.2.98.245 > =========================================================================== > > So, I mean, WTF? > > 69.62.255.118 is indeed my correct static IP address, and is indeed the > place from whence I changed my password yesterday. > > I really do wonder where the bleep they got 10.2.98.245 from. > > Obviously, that's an RFC1918 address. > > I do suspect that that IP address has a lot more to do with them, and with > the geography of their own internal network than it has to do with _my_ ISP.
Rather than incompetence, I'd first suspect Carrier Grade NAT. Kurt _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
