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kevnplys
Aspirant
Dec 18, 2019

unknown remote root user access

My devices seem to be constantly active. Even a shutdown request is ignored at times. Looking at my connections log, I currently have three "Root" / "Misc" connections that are at external AWS DNS a...
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kevnplys
Aspirant
Dec 19, 2019

Yes

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Dec 19, 2019
kevnplys wrote:

Yes

ReadyCloud is making those connections - if you disable it, then they will disappear.

 

So don't try to block them.

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