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pgalligan56
Aspirant
Feb 01, 2015

Suspicious IP addresses open by ReadyNasRemote and ReadyOpen

I am using readynas remote and it is connecting to some strange ip addresses...

http://5.176.36.217.ipaddress.com/ will give u the info on one and...
http://5.202.53.50.ipaddress.com/ is the other

I have blocked access thru my windows 8.1 firewall but was curios if anyone else has seen this behavior?

Thanks

Patrick

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Remote uses the 5.x.x.x address space inside its VPN tunnels. It shouldn't, but it does.

    So you aren't being hacked, you can take down your block.