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NAS Connecting to Unknown IP
My router shows that my ReadyNAS is initiating a TCP outbound connection to the following IPs: 206.16.42.240:443 206.16.42.239:443 I have no idea what these IPs are and have been unable to find...
Thanks TeknoJnky, I saw that post, but I'm not content with the explanation provided by that post:
1) that is the only post anywhere on the Internet regarding either of these two IPs. If this were a legitimate service request, you'd think there'd be more pages discussing it.
2) if a hacker wanted to ease a target's mind, the easiest thing they could do would be to post a single, short explanation to a forum.
3) I don't use leafp2p.
4) one would think that ReadyNAS Remote wouldn't use an unknown IP address that can't be resolved in any way to a specific legitimate owner / organization.
5) the poster restarted their machine and noticed the connection was gone. that doesn't really prove any correlation to the fact they uninstalled a component.
Maybe I'm too paranoid, but this single post isn't enough to reassure me.
It seems very peculiar to me that a legitimate service would be making calls to such an undisclosed source and that only one post on all the Internet would offer an explanation so
1) that is the only post anywhere on the Internet regarding either of these two IPs. If this were a legitimate service request, you'd think there'd be more pages discussing it.
2) if a hacker wanted to ease a target's mind, the easiest thing they could do would be to post a single, short explanation to a forum.
3) I don't use leafp2p.
4) one would think that ReadyNAS Remote wouldn't use an unknown IP address that can't be resolved in any way to a specific legitimate owner / organization.
5) the poster restarted their machine and noticed the connection was gone. that doesn't really prove any correlation to the fact they uninstalled a component.
Maybe I'm too paranoid, but this single post isn't enough to reassure me.
It seems very peculiar to me that a legitimate service would be making calls to such an undisclosed source and that only one post on all the Internet would offer an explanation so
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