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mareksa
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May 31, 2024
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Blocking suspicious connection towards a specific device

I'm getting couple of notifications a day that "Armor detected that a suspicious remote location [IP address] attempted a connection to a [device name] and blocked that connection".   How can someo...
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    May 31, 2024

    Lots of devices have access and some connections to the internet. Many ways to scan and attempt access. 

    However the system is doing what it's supposed to. Is detecting this and blocking it. 

    I get this with my older D-Link camera. Some of there calling home and there services from years ago are considered by Armor to be blocked. Thats fine for me. It's just doing it's job.