/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/12/18/#ubuntu-ops.txt

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mazda01good morning14:02
oCeanhello mazda0114:02
mazda01hello14:03
oCeanI've seen what happend in #ubuntu, how can I help you?14:03
mazda01I have a problem14:03
mazda01ikonia banned me for what I feel was uneccessary short small comments I made14:03
oCeanAs ikonia is helping others in #ubuntu, I'm available to discuss this14:04
oCeanok14:04
mazda01im listening and really frustrated BUT will try to remain calm14:04
oCeanI don't think it's useful to start a discussion if you're feeling really frustrated now14:04
mazda01i understand14:05
mazda01i will refrain from stating my current emotion then14:05
oCeanDo you understand that the #ubuntu channel is a very high-traffic channel?14:05
oCeanAnd that we (the ops) have to point many, many users on their offtopic conversations?14:06
mazda01i do understand. i am sorry. I wasn't sure how to say what I wanted to say privately14:06
oCeanmazda01: well, even when you want to talk to someone in private, it's polite to ask them first14:07
oCean"hey oCean, can I pm you?"14:07
oCeanmazda01: are you still there?14:08
mazda01ah, ok. i am not new to IRC but am new to getting into a heated discussion and I admit, I may have handled inaproprietely but feel a ban from a channel that I have contributed to over 5 years is a bit much imo14:08
oCeanYou have been in #u for 5 years?14:09
mazda01yes14:09
oCeanSo you KNOW how strict we are with offtopic conversation there?14:09
mazda01oCean, no, i have to admit I hadn't been in IRC #ubuntu for a couple years and back then some comments offtopic were not bannable that I was aware of14:10
oCeanfirst of all, there is no karma. Even if you had been active for the last 2, 3 or 5 years, you get the same treatment as anyone else14:11
oCeansecond, this brings us to the reason of your ban14:11
mazda01ok, listening.14:11
oCeanwe DON'T alow talkback like this "ikonia, LOL, you're right. YOU HAVE. take care bud, im know what's going on. im not stupid despite what you THINK  you know about me"14:12
oCeanand especially threats like "ikonia, federal charges can be sought if I wanted to pursue this. last comment. you have nice day"14:12
oCeanI have no clue why you would bring up "fedral charges"!?14:12
mazda01because i Have proof of logs in my server for a possible SSH attack at the eact moment ikonia and I got heated in offtopic14:13
mazda01i admit, i may have jumped the gun but as I said, i wasn't sure how to PM him and I may have been very heated and didn't use the proper channels to express my accusation. I apologize sincerely for that14:13
oCeanwait, are you saying that you suspect us/ikonia of doing that?14:13
mazda01yes I am14:13
mazda01suspecting, not saying he did or didn't, I suspect14:14
mazda01http://pastebin.com/NpY1TMJZ14:14
mazda01there's my ssh log.14:14
mazda01i am not sure if he lives in dallas or france BUT i can find out if you OPS tell me14:15
oCeanDec 11th?14:15
mazda01scroll down please14:15
mazda01there is the whole proxy thing IF he used one, i know that.14:15
mazda01IF he didn't use a proxy I have his domain/ip showing proof14:15
mazda01before this gets outta hand, is there some other process for handling this?14:16
mazda01some legal thing I should pursue? or at a minimum investigate with a lawyer?14:16
oCeanWell, I think you jumped the conclusion there, probably because you were heated as you say14:16
* mneptok blinks14:17
mazda01so you can't confirm or deny that ikonia is from france or dallas?14:17
mazda01who can?14:17
oCeanIf you still think that we/ikonia have anything to do with a certain "ssh attack" I don't think it's wise to let you in the channel14:17
mazda01i agree with your initial statement14:17
oCeanmazda01: yes, ikonia confirmed that none of the ips shown are his14:17
mazda01BUT ask that you reconsider letting me back in ubuntu channel14:18
mazda01i am dannyboy79 on ubuntuforums.org and provide support to many people14:18
oCeanmazda01: but I have to say, your machine is under some sort of attack14:18
mazda01over the last 5 years14:18
oCeanfor days now14:18
mazda01it constantly is. LOL  i paid someone to ensure my webserver and ssh server were locked down to military standards14:18
mazda01im not worried14:19
oCeanIf you feel the need to escalate this, we have an appeals process in place.14:19
mazda01ok, so now we know it wasn't ikonia and I apologize for publically saying the things I did14:19
oCeanBut for now I would say, take a brake for a couple of hours, to calm down14:19
mazda01and this is merely based on him saying neither IP is his, no other fact correct?14:19
oCeanAfter that, when you return we can lift the ban and continue14:20
mazda01do you know his IP?14:20
oCeanmazda01: correct14:20
mazda01im calm14:20
oCeanmazda01: no, I trust him14:20
mazda01so you don't know his IP and you don't know where he lives?14:20
oCeanmazda01: I don't care, if he (or any other op) say no, then I believe them14:20
mazda01so, we're using the "word" of an OP?14:20
mazda01fair enough14:20
oCeansorry?14:20
oCeanOP = channel operator14:21
oCeanoh14:21
mazda01yes, i know what an OP is14:21
oCeanI understand what you meant14:21
oCeansorry14:21
mazda01as I said, i've been around 5 years on ubuntu.14:21
oCeanYes, they give me their word, I trust them14:21
mazda01IRC channel and ubuntuforums.org14:21
oCeanmazda01: as I said, there's no karma. 3 days or 3 years14:21
oCeanPlease, take a couple of hours off. I think we can solve it when you come back14:22
oCeanif not..14:22
oCean!appeals > mazda0114:22
ubottumazda01, please see my private message14:22
mazda01so you're going to uphold his decision to ban me solely because he "says" neither IP is his OR the fact that I publically went offtopic and threatened him?14:22
oCeanmazda01: I think your suspicion is silly since you have been under attack for days14:22
mazda01which one is it please?14:22
oCeanthe threat warranted te kick/ban14:23
mazda01granted, it may be. BUT we don't know FOR SURE. and I apologize "for screaming" but I am trying to empahisize what I feel is unjust14:23
oCeanDon't know what for sure?14:23
mazda01can you see my position?14:23
mazda01we don't know ikonia's IP for certain?14:23
mazda01this could all be solved here and now without further escalation IF he tells me his IP and it's provable14:24
oCeanThat does not matter at all14:24
oCeanIf you want to pursue this, I recommend to contact the IRC Council as described in the !appeals process14:24
mazda01ok, so for now I remain banned?14:24
mneptokmazda01: i get an average of ~100 attempts per day, every day, to break into my *home* server. it's nothing new.14:25
mazda01mneptok, and i know that14:25
mazda01mneptok, lol, i do to14:25
mazda01please explain to me what the harm is in ikonia proving his IP?14:25
mneptokmazda01: OK, so i ask you with aboslutlely no malice ....14:25
oCeanmazda01: yes, your ban will be in place for at least the next 6 hours. Take a brake, and let's resolve this after hat14:26
mazda01oCean, you got it. 6 hours isn't too bad.14:26
mneptokyou think you're going to get traction with a lawyer or a court system over a single IPs attempt to break-in? when it happens millions of times every day?14:26
mazda01mneptok, yes14:26
mneptokmazda01: best of luck with that, really.14:26
oCeanmazda01: fine, we'll continue then.14:26
mazda01mneptok, i will escalate it to the most expenseive lawyer in exsistance14:26
mazda01oCean, ok, thank you all for your time. everytying is logged and documented14:27
mazda01thank you again, you guys have a nice day and we'll see you in the appeals process possibly14:27
mazda01I must add one last thing, is that ok?14:27
oCeansure14:28
oCeanalso, the logs are publicly available at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/12/18/%23ubuntu-ops.txt (cycled once an hour)14:28
mazda01i will do everything in my power to find out the truth and the truth will be known by all! I have been an ubuntu user for 5+ years and love ubuntu and to get banned from something i cherish and love hurts deep down inside. I pray that it was NOT ikonia and that I accidentlly went off half cocked and if so, I aplogize to the utmost14:29
mazda01BUT the truth will prevail14:29
mazda01nnuff said. i got stuff to do and 6 hours is nothing. Thank you for your ears. you guys are doing a graet job14:29
mazda01Ubuntu rocks!14:30
mneptokmazda01: just sayin' ... if you hold off on "doing everything in my power" with "the most expensive lawyer in exisistence" then there will be less to apologize for later.14:30
mazda01mneptok, im not worried about apologizing to people i don't know. I am wworried about not being able to access ubuntu on IRC so I will think heavy before I pull any triggers14:31
mneptokmazda01: i'll leave you with tis thought. the *worst* part of being on the Ubuntu IRC Ops Team is the fact that suddenly you have to take IRC very, VERY seriously.14:31
mazda01mneptok, money is no object for me or the company that I will have back me14:31
mazda01mneptok, i agree14:31
mazda01mneptok, "attempting to hack" someones machine is a serious deal in USA14:31
mneptokmazda01: you're *choosing* to make this all deadly serious.14:31
mazda01mneptok, you don't think being hacked is serious?14:32
mneptokmazda01: it *can be* a serious deal. but it is not if you choose to allow such small things to pass.14:32
mazda01mneptok, i have company critical data in my internal network. why do you tihkn i paid tons of money to ensure it was locked down per military standards?14:32
mneptokmazda01: may i anseer honestly?14:32
mazda01yes14:32
mneptok*answer14:32
mneptoki don't care.14:32
mazda01ok14:33
mazda01and you don't have to care.14:33
mneptokit's Sunday. the sun is rising. my wife is lying in bed.14:33
mazda01no one carews as I am finding out.14:33
mneptoki awoke with food in my pantry, a place to sleep, a roof.14:33
mneptoki'm a pretty happy guy.14:33
mazda01mneptok, i am happy for you14:33
mazda01why does it seem to me then that "no one cares"14:34
mneptokof course, if i chose to read my server's denyhosts reports that would change. but WHY would i WANT that change?14:34
mazda01mneptok, why? because say you were on IRC and got in a heated "discussion" with someone. you thought to yourself, hmmm, this guys knows his stuff, he may just make some stupid miastake and try to hack me, I better watch the logs14:35
mneptokyou are seeking out and creating disharmony and conflict. that rarely ends well, IME. karma is a stern hand on life's tiller.14:35
mneptokmazda01: why watch the logs?14:35
mazda01karma has brought to where i am today, successfully hired as a MS SBS system admin all without any eduation14:35
mazda01karma has been good to me lately so I fully believe in a higher power and karma14:35
mazda01mneptok, i told you why already.14:36
oCeanmazda01: have you ever considered using a cloak when using the IRC network?14:36
mazda01my goal is NOT to create conflict or disharmony. my goal is to have access to ubuntu channel14:36
* mneptok tootles off to make coffee14:36
mneptokmazda01: i would suggest that accusations against ops and threats of legal repercussions are hardly in the spirit of Ubuntu14:37
mazda01oCean, may I ask why we're even going into that conversation. why even ask me that stuff? I am attempting to remaain as calm as possible and speak as a professional and an adult14:37
mazda01mneptok, i agree, and if it's a false acusation then I will eat my words14:37
mazda01i will be permanently banned from ubuntu14:37
mazda01and I undersatnd that14:37
oCeanmazda01: it is merely a suggestion, that's all. I mean, you paid good money to secure your server, but without a cloak you still are showing your ip to everyone14:38
mazda01i made a mistake by publically acccusing an OP of something and I will deal with the consequences but I will lay down for anyone.14:38
mazda01oCean, because I am confident that it's secure, I don't care who see my IP14:38
oCeanmazda01: i really did not say that to upset you. Lots of irc users are using cloaks14:38
oCeanmazda01: ok, fine.14:38
mazda01if a security professional tells me im locked down, then i trust him14:39
mazda01this is getting real, real fast. i am going to take that 6 hour break that you suggested.14:39
mazda01thank you for listening and being professional14:39
mneptokmazda01: was the softlayer.com address one of the ones causing you concern?14:39
mazda01the times are going to be after ikonia felt frustrated by my araogance. this is my opinion14:40
mazda01which, you'll be abel to see I was not arogant14:40
mneptokbecause FYI, i have the same IP in my denyhosts report from yesterday14:40
mneptokso if ikonia is trying to hack you, he's also trying to hack me.14:40
mneptok   174.36.4.83 (174.36.4.83-static.reverse.softlayer.com): 2 times14:40
mneptok      sysgames: 2 times14:40
mazda01mneptok, ok, then lets forget that one14:40
mazda018:07 am CST time, 217.119.188.202 tried to BREAK IN14:41
mazda01whois says that IP originates in FRANCE14:41
mazda01IF ikonia lives anywhere near FRANCE, it's possible this is going to end badly14:42
mazda01OR, if he was smart, he used a proxy14:42
popeymazda01: Stop making baseless accusations.14:42
mazda01popey, ok, i aplogize14:42
popeyThis isn't going to get you anywhere.14:42
mneptokmazda01: i'm just saying that you *hired* someone to do security for you. so you're not an expert (and neither am i). but you're betting your reputation in the Ubuntu community on security issues you do not understand. i wouldn't do that.14:42
mazda01BUT you OP's have to look at it from my POV14:42
mazda01mneptok, there's no relevance to your comment regarding our current situation of me being banned14:43
popeymazda01: is your point of view the point of view of someone who doesn't quite understand that attacks like this go on all day and night, and are almost all scripted, passing through compromised hosts?14:43
mazda01popey, NO, i know that14:43
popeyright, so stop singling out someone you have a personal beef with and get over it14:44
mazda01OP's you guys have been more then fair with me. i appreciate that.14:44
mneptokmazda01: i do look at it from your POV. and if it were me, and i saw someone trying to break into a server i had paid thousands to get secured to military standards, my POV would be "good luck, cracker jerkface. i'm going downstairs for some PS3 time."14:44
mazda01popey, i do not have a beef with him. never did14:44
popeymazda01: stop making accusations then14:44
mazda01popey, i will14:44
mazda01IF all pans out14:44
popeyno, not if14:44
mazda01lol14:44
mazda01ok14:44
mazda01you're right14:44
popeyyou're continuing with your accusations14:44
mazda01i am in the OP channel to resolve an issue.14:44
mazda01is this the correc tlocation?14:45
mneptokit is14:45
mazda01mneptok, ok, again, I apologize for publically accusing ikonia for "attempting to hack" into my internal network. May I now be unbaned from #ubuntu?14:46
mneptoki think oCean and you had a great idea in talking about this later. popey and i are just trying to get you to the point other ops will *want* to deal with you.14:46
mazda01I apologize for commenting offtopic in #ubuntu14:46
mneptokmazda01: no, you may not. because i really see no change to the underlying attitude that caused the problem in the first place14:46
mazda01mneptok, ok, fair enough14:46
mneptokthank you for understanding14:46
mazda01mneptok, I will see you guys in 6 hours. I look forward to discussing it then14:46
mneptokperfect.14:47
mazda01OR will my ban just be dropped after 6 hours?14:47
mneptokno bans expire automagically.14:47
mazda01ok, now I have that fact staright. thakn you for clarifying14:47
mazda01goodbye14:47
mneptokOK, i really, REALLY need coffee now.14:48
oCean@mark #ubuntu *!*@cpe-173-89-62-76.wi.res.rr.com threatened ikonia with legal action, because suspecting him to be attacking his machine. After conversation in -ops, agreed to take 6hr break to calm down.14:49
oCeanubottu: hello?14:50
ubottuoCean: I am only a bot, please don't think I'm intelligent :)14:50
oCean@mark #ubuntu mazda01 threatened ikonia with legal action, because suspecting him to be attacking his machine After conversation in -ops, agreed to take 6hr break to calm down14:51
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oCean@mark #ubuntu *!*@cpe-173-89-62-76.wi.res.rr.com threatened ikonia with legal action, because suspecting him to be attacking his machine. After conversation in -ops, agreed to take 6hr break to calm down.14:52
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oCean@mark #ubuntu mazda01 threatened ikonia with legal action, because suspecting him to be attacking his machine After conversation in -ops, agreed to take 6hr break to calm down14:52
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* oCean sighs14:52
Tm_T(:15:01
oCeanhey16:31
Sidewinder1Just so that you guys/gals, know, I don't think that mazda01, is necessarily a "bad-guy" , I just think he had an issue with ikonia, And, kinda' jumped off, where he shouldn't have..16:33
oCeanNoted.16:34
Sidewinder1I know, oCean, you went on with 'im, almost forever, (I wouldn't  have had the patience).. But, I just, kinda', wanted to let you know..16:35
oCeanI take he'll be more reasonable when he's back.16:36
Sidewinder1Perhaps, when he comes back, he'll mend his ways... And I'll be more than willing to explain to him...  I know, my typing stinks; even with the new keyboard, that Santa, delivered eatly..16:37
Sidewinder1Parting, now.. :-)16:38
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Myrttigot to love the commentary21:33
mazda01Howdy23:13
ikoniahello mazda0123:14
mazda01is either mneptok or the other guuy around?23:14
mazda01hello ikonia23:14
ikoniaI don't believe mneptok or oCean are active at this time, but I could be wrong23:14
mazda01so whats the next step? I am not sure if they had informed you that I am truly sorry for publically threatening23:15
mazda01you23:15
ikoniaI saw the conversation23:15
mazda01and going offtopic within ubuntu23:15
ikoniait's not a problem.23:15
mazda01i'd like to be able to help users with ubuntu. is there a way to get unbanned or should I go through the appeal process?23:15
ikoniaI'm happy to unban you as you seemed to have grasped the issue23:16
ikoniamazda01: I've removed the ban forward in #ubuntu now, so if you leave this channel and try to join you should be able to use the channel23:18
mazda01sounds good, thank you. take care23:19
ikoniabye23:19

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