Whoa -- I found it, and it's not good!
Actually, it's worse that that.
I found the original notes that let to the block . . . and it wasn't an accident.
His computer (or at least one that was using that IP about 6 months ago) was being used to attack my server.
Now, that doesn't prove that he was doing it; the DHCP lease could have changed in that time period.
And even if it was his computer, it's more than possible that it was 'owned' and being used by someone else to run the attack.
But . . . the block stays.
Sorry, Sonofabeach, collateral or not, direct hackers and their near neighbors get firewalled for a long time. I'm closing the thread, and deleting some of the posts that are off-topic (including mine!)
Ben
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