[tor-relays] Hackers

Wed Mar 29 05:45:55 UTC 2017

Hello,

I am sharing this discussion with everyone as I have nothing to hide and I feel this is of the public interest.

I am very familiar with Tor's origins, original intent and what it is used for today and where it's future hopefully will go.

Thank you taking the time to email me with your abuse complaint. If you have any further issues, please feel to email me.  In the future please please include more technical details such as IP addresses, the specific attack and times and dates.

Sincerely,

John L. Ricketts, PhD
Quintex Alliance Consulting

On Mar 29, 2017, at 00:41, "contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>" <contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>> wrote:

I know quite a lot about Tor and how it was developed by the Navy and is used by agents for covert work. Maybe you should study more about Tor. You’re not as discrete as you think. Why are you CCing me to the entire Tor email list? Was I talking to them, or you?

From: John Ricketts [mailto:john at quintex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:38 PM
To: contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>
Cc: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org<mailto:tor-relays at lists.torproject.org>
Subject: Re: Hackers

Hello,

Please read https://torproject.org and perhaps you'll change your mind.

Bad people will do bad things no matter what.  If a bank robber uses a public street or highway during a crime does that mean we should destroy the highway?  No.

I wish you the best.

John

On Mar 29, 2017, at 00:28, "contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>" <contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>> wrote:
Thanks for the info. You’re still an IP providing frauds, pedophiles, and intelligence agencies access to do illegal attacks and activities. Bunch of cowards to hide behind Tor…

From: John Ricketts [mailto:john at quintex.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:28 PM
To: contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>
Cc: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org<mailto:tor-relays at lists.torproject.org>
Subject: Re: Hackers

Hello,

It's because i'm running Tor Exit servers.  I am an ISP. I will not turn off any of the Tor exit servers because I am not doing anything illegal.

If you feel you must file legal action, please do so.

If you're not concerned about blocking Tor, why don't you block all of the exit nodes instead?  Bloxking just my exit will not help a lot.

Feel free to block 199.249.223.0/24 and 199.249.224.0/24 and you won't have any traffic from Quintex servers.

John

On Mar 28, 2017, at 22:54, "contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>" <contact at gnosticmedia.com<mailto:contact at gnosticmedia.com>> wrote:

John, why am I getting Tor related hackers from your servers? Hmmm… Please turn it off or I’ll be filing legal against your company.

You've chosen to block the network that 199.249.224.41 is part of. We've marked the networks we found that this IP address belongs to in red below. Make sure you read all the WHOIS information so that you see all networks this IP belongs to. We recommend blocking the network with the lowest number of addresses. You may find this is listed at the end as part of the 'rWHOIS' query which contacts the local WHOIS server that is run by the network administrator.

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NetRange: 199.249.224.0 - 199.249.224.255 [256 addresses in this network. Click to block this network]<http://www.gnosticmedia.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceBlocking&wfBlockRange=199.249.224.0%20-%20199.249.224.255#top#advancedblocking>
CIDR: 199.249.224.0-199.249.225.255 [511 addresses in this network. Click to block this network]<http://www.gnosticmedia.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=WordfenceBlocking&wfBlockRange=199.249.224.0-199.249.225.255#top#advancedblocking>
NetName: QUINTEX224
NetHandle: NET-199-249-224-0-1
Parent: NET199 (NET-199-0-0-0-0)
NetType: Direct Assignment
OriginAS: AS7018, AS6939, AS13693, AS3549, AS62744
Organization: Quintex Alliance Consulting (QAC-4)
RegDate: 1994-06-02
Updated: 2017-03-13
Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-199-249-224-0-1

OrgName: Quintex Alliance Consulting
OrgId: QAC-4
Address: 308 Bluegrass Drive
City: San Angelo
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 76903
Country: US
RegDate: 1994-06-03
Updated: 2016-08-22
Ref: https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/QAC-4

OrgAbuseHandle: JR125-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Ricketts, John L
OrgAbusePhone: +1-325-653-1444
OrgAbuseEmail: john at quintex.com<mailto:john at quintex.com>
OrgAbuseRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/JR125-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: JR125-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Ricketts, John L
OrgNOCPhone: +1-325-653-1444
OrgNOCEmail: john at quintex.com<mailto:john at quintex.com>
OrgNOCRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/JR125-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: JR125-ARIN
OrgTechName: Ricketts, John L
OrgTechPhone: +1-325-653-1444
OrgTechEmail: john at quintex.com<mailto:john at quintex.com>
OrgTechRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/JR125-ARIN

RNOCHandle: JR125-ARIN
RNOCName: Ricketts, John L
RNOCPhone: +1-325-653-1444
RNOCEmail: john at quintex.com<mailto:john at quintex.com>
RNOCRef: https://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/JR125-ARIN

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