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...with the new, exciting, Smellavision [tm]...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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And here I thought it was because the dialog, plots, and even the directing stunk. The last movie I went to see I ran out of so I didn't vomit in the theatre. Made it to the trash cans just outside the theatre doors.
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Quote: recently became the latest in a smelly string of A-listers — from O.G. anti-deodorant
oh no... OG too?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Just following that link decreased my intelligence by 5% and I don't have any to spare. What a load of irrelevant crap they go on about.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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They stink because all creativity is gone. Applies to TV shows too.
zaphod.
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Keeping a Google Analytics eye on a website I manage (pro bono) I have observed occasional hits from overseas. They are of three types.
1) Those that picked it as "Nassau" thinking it was an island in the Caribbean (instead of an island in NY)
2) Sporadic ones from nearly anywhere that my be curiosity or Private VPN's
3) From China
The last of these is by far the most common. It makes me wonder if the site's being probed for some sort of mayhem (which would be weird - no economic content and this time of year, maybe 5 hits/day on the average). So they really covet want my traffic.
Any suggestions or speculations as to what might explain this ?
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Do you have access to analytics for other websites? Maybe you could compare if you filtered just for odd traffic within certain parameters (like IPs originating from Asia and that don't have a common user agent or something)
Basically it would be interesting to see if it's a pattern that's isolated to your website or if other websites get similar pings from China.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Other website, if I set up the analytics, have so few hit's there would be no useful data. Pretty much long-abandoned sites.
This link may hold a hint. How to Get a China IP Address Anywhere — Updated in 2021[^]
There have been IP's from China for quite a while but they seem to have become the predominant non-US address. Once upon a time it was Pakistan, but they were screen-scraping to send SPAM for sales promos (I punished them severely and they avoid my site like a plague). No marketing from China.
What I really may need is another webmaster observing similar visitations.
Here's a thought: this website once had a slightly different name and when it was changed the old domain was just dropped. It was immediately commandeered by a Thai-based gambling site and they had all my earned credentials (longevity, search-engine position). They gave up after a while. I'm curious how they would expect trust (for gambling/money) when they misrepresent themselves to get clicked-through? Scarfing up newly abandoned sites is, apparently, a common practice for similar purposes and someone may be testing to see if it's available.
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You're probably right about that. In any case, I personally wouldn't worry about it but that's why nobody puts me in charge of securing anything. "Oh, it will be fine" 
Real programmers use butterflies
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Had a client on GoDaddy. ASP.NET Web server; data only to Windows kiosks; no "web presence".
The server was constantly probed by Chinese "bots" attempting to log in: Admin; Guest; Admin1; etc. Minute by minute; if not the second.
It's all in the Windows Security Log.
They just use bots and cycle through IP addresses looking for an open port / weak password.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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It's a remotely hosted website and it's running CPanel under LINIX.
The bots could spend their time better elsewhere - the site is public as if every page. In fact, all that they could steal of any value would be some of my php/javascript code- and there's nothing profound in what I put on the site.
Good luck them trying to hack in: the uid is one assigned by the host (jibberish) and I left it that way. Password: most place consider it strong (and no real words).
Or - I can turn it all around and be proud that the site is a distraction from their nefarious schemes!
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This is probably bots probing ip addresses. I work for a multi-national and we see this all of the time with all of our public domains, some of which are very similar to yours. I suspect that the bots are looking for access into any ip address and phones home with what they have found. There is probably a database with this info which is searched for potential targets. First identify and then target.
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Check your access logs for those IPs; odds are that you'll find multiple exploit attempt URLs pushed to your server by the Chinese traffic. They basically do Hail Mary attacks against every website all the time.
I have a WAF on a slightly (but not terribly much) more trafficked website and the crap that I see from them is just remarkable.
"Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity."
- Hanlon's Razor
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They want to take over any server so they can launch their real attacks from an IP that does not track back to them.
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That makes sense of the whole thing (+)
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How we identify to others inside explosive contest (10)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Explosive: T NT
How we identify to others: OUR NAME
Contest: TOURNAMENT
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You are up tomorrow!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Nice clue ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I liked it?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Yes so did I
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Well, just had a first attempt before I have to go and do some work, and if it stays like it is, no, sorry, it's a stinker! 
(Not sure if you were complimenting OG for his clue or asking if mine will be nice!)
modified 10-Aug-21 9:38am.
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Reverse IP shows it originated in Shijiazhuang, China. 
Shocker!