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On Sunday 15 August 2010 21:34:33 Dale wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> I been noticing the past few weeks that something is communicating with |
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> Yahoo at these addresses: |
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> cs210p2.msg.sp1.yahoo.com |
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> rdis.msg.vip.sp1.yahoo.com |
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> I thought it was Kopete getting some info, profile pics maybe, from the |
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> server. Thing is, it does this for a really long time. It is also |
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> SENDING data as well. I have no idea why it is doing this or what it is |
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> sending. I closed the Kopete app but the data still carries on. This |
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> "transfer" has been going for a while now and the only way I can stop it |
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> is to stop the network, wait a minute or two for it to time out and then |
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> restart the network. |
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> Anybody have any idea what the heck this is? Is Yahoo up to something? |
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> Some new security issue that I haven't heard of? |
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What does your netstat show with respect to ports being used and what does |
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tcpdump/tcpflow show? If it is Yahoo, you should see things that are relevant |
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and hopefully make sense. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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