Re: [gentoo-user] Strange outbound requests

[Grant]

>> >> My firewall is blocking periodic outbound connections to port 3680 on
>> >> a Rackspace IP.  How can I find out more about what's going on?  Maybe
>> >> which program is generating the connection requests?
>> >
>> > Uh, a packet sniffer?
>> >
>> > I have an old laptop here that I have a second (cardbus) network card in.
>> > Really cheap and cheerful - the sort of thing you can pick up on
>> > freecycle. It's been a while since I've done anything like this, but you
>> > should be able to stick a box like that between the router and the rest
>> > of your network, run Wireshark and filter on that port. If the
>> > connection is encrypted then at least you'll see the originating IP.
>>
>> I've actually got the originating local IP from the shorewall log.
>> I'm just trying to figure out which program and maybe which user on
>> that system is generating the outbound requests to port 3680.  Is
>> there any way to get more info without setting up a new box?
>>
>> > I don't think it's relevant that the IP belongs to Rackspace - don't they
>> > just hire (virtual) servers to anyone that wants one?
>>
>> Yeah I just meant the request could be going to "anyone".
>>
>> - Grant
>
> Are you running NPDS in your LAN and is it configured to access any sites on
> rackspace?
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

I am not running NPDS.  I looked it up when I was researching port
3680 and read about it for the first time.  I know which machine is
making the requests.  Any way to drill down further?

- Grant