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I have not identified what the code actually does, other than attempting to ping a protocol on another address. The address is masked and I'm not ashamed to say I'm too much of a n00b with these kinds of things to unmask it. However, allow me to get onto the point of my post:
Sounds like the hacker setting up for a DoS attack. My server crashed about a week ago after my hosting company had a DoS attack on their network.
While I don't use free forums on my website, I code it all from scratch by hand, I'll still keep an eye out for anything suspicious.
