Difference between revisions of "Ghost machine"

From Earlham CS Department
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "'''Name of Task:''' Ghost machine, or, Who you gonna call? '''People Involved:''' Eli Ramthun (past) '''Date Started:''' Aug 13, 2018 '''Deadline:''' Aug 30, 2018 '''Descr...")
 
(Update status of project)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
'''Name of Task:''' Ghost machine, or, Who you gonna call?
 
'''Name of Task:''' Ghost machine, or, Who you gonna call?
  
'''People Involved:''' Eli Ramthun (past)
+
'''People Involved:''' Eli Ramthun (past), Laurence Ruberl
  
 
'''Date Started:''' Aug 13, 2018
 
'''Date Started:''' Aug 13, 2018
  
'''Deadline:''' Aug 30, 2018
+
'''Deadline:'''  
  
 
'''Description'''
 
'''Description'''
Line 19: Line 19:
 
A ping flood (ping -f) on the cluster network seemed to show it in al-salam.
 
A ping flood (ping -f) on the cluster network seemed to show it in al-salam.
  
'''Date Last Updated:'''
+
Accessing the ip in a web browser from the cluster network shows it to apparently be a firmware management page for a SuperMicro machine with the default password and username working.  We don't know specifics of which machine whose firmware we are accessing. 
 +
 
 +
'''Date Last Updated: 8/27/18'''
  
 
----
 
----
  
 
[[Category:Open Tasks]]
 
[[Category:Open Tasks]]

Latest revision as of 12:27, 27 August 2018

Name of Task: Ghost machine, or, Who you gonna call?

People Involved: Eli Ramthun (past), Laurence Ruberl

Date Started: Aug 13, 2018

Deadline:

Description

159.28.23.26 is a ghost: detectable but not responsive to natural stimuli, haunting us.

That IP address responds to pings but is in other ways not accessible.

Thanks to Eli Ramthun for the ghost metaphor.

Status

A ping flood (ping -f) on the cluster network seemed to show it in al-salam.

Accessing the ip in a web browser from the cluster network shows it to apparently be a firmware management page for a SuperMicro machine with the default password and username working. We don't know specifics of which machine whose firmware we are accessing.

Date Last Updated: 8/27/18