/dev/rob0 wrote:

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> But there may be other ways. One time my boss' computer got similarly
> "lost" whilst he was away on holiday (this despite paying for a static
> IP!) To find it I nmap'ed all the possible netblocks looking for a
> specific port we knew would be open. Scanning just that one port didn't
> take long, and a single-port port scan isn't the kind of thing likely to
> bring you to the attention of the ISP's security people.
>
> Obviously you're running sshd on there. If it's not in a netblock
> populated by a lot of Unix-ish servers, there might not be many hosts
> listening on 22.
>

Thanks, good idea. Tried it on the only two netblocks I'm sure the box was
on recently. Couple of open ssh ports, but not mine! Supposed its
__conceivable__ that the box is down, but based on history it's unlikely.
Oh well.