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<blockquote data-quote="AtlBo" data-source="post: 715934" data-attributes="member: 32547">OK, thanks for this information [USER=55081]@askmark[/USER].&nbsp; I think what happened was that the &quot;hard setting&quot; ip video showed a way to set ips that doesn&#039;t resolve (intentionally) to set users up for the last part which was a dns that was probably not a good one to use.&nbsp; It was in India, so maybe he meant it for Indians, but the primary dns he chose was in the local range.I decided to try it, but I didn&#039;t change dns, because that would be dangerous o/c.Well, I guess I can release the ip.&nbsp; I have it in a local rule on another machine where I blocked it using FortKnox.:169.254.194.40Not used to this kind of thing making sense.&nbsp; It intimidated me at first, since I noticed it at the command prompt (ipconfig /all) and then with &lt;inbound&gt; alert on the other PC.&nbsp; I feel like I did pick up a little bit of insight into what it would be like to be really hacked by someone who knows how to create silent malware and then come and go as he pleases, etc.&nbsp; Creepy...but I didn&#039;t jump to conclusions and acted fairly appropriately I guess considering I am still in the more or less very early stages of learning networking and net protection...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AtlBo, post: 715934, member: 32547"] OK, thanks for this information [USER=55081]@askmark[/USER]. I think what happened was that the "hard setting" ip video showed a way to set ips that doesn't resolve (intentionally) to set users up for the last part which was a dns that was probably not a good one to use. It was in India, so maybe he meant it for Indians, but the primary dns he chose was in the local range. I decided to try it, but I didn't change dns, because that would be dangerous o/c. Well, I guess I can release the ip. I have it in a local rule on another machine where I blocked it using FortKnox.: 169.254.194.40 Not used to this kind of thing making sense. It intimidated me at first, since I noticed it at the command prompt (ipconfig /all) and then with <inbound> alert on the other PC. I feel like I did pick up a little bit of insight into what it would be like to be really hacked by someone who knows how to create silent malware and then come and go as he pleases, etc. Creepy...but I didn't jump to conclusions and acted fairly appropriately I guess considering I am still in the more or less very early stages of learning networking and net protection... [/QUOTE]

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