foreign ip address on active connection.

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throughwalls
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by throughwalls »

I would keep blocking ip addresses you do not want to be accessed.

Which computer is initiating the connections?

coits
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

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I have tried to block using iptables but to no avail, also use to cat nf_conntrack and grep for that ip address, but no info was returned.

I am now puzzled!!!
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by pbix »

Could be NTP, DHCP or couple of other ligit things. I don't think I would attempt to block it.
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throughwalls
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by throughwalls »

Or block away and see what happens.

Which computer on your LAN is initiating the connection?

Expediter
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by Expediter »

I have the same issue as the OP and I have no idea which machine is initiating it. This is what the connection entry looks like:

udp
142.254.179.173:67 0.000 kBytes
255.255.255.255:68 104.832 kBytes

And from the connected hosts page:

Hostname Host IP Host MAC
(unknown) 142.254.179.173 unknown 0 0 1

coits
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by coits »

I have no idea who is initiating the connection, all I can see is this info, and 1 udp connection.

(unknown) 96.49.0.1 unknown 0 0 1

I'll need to observe who initiate the connection, to see who's the culprit.

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n0pin
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Re: foreign ip address on active connection.

Post by n0pin »

DHCP uses ports 67 and 68, so It has probably something to do with assigning IP adresses. Maybe they are used by your ISP to assign you IPs, but I don't know why would they broadcast to entire network (255.255.255.255).

I sometimes observe these connections too, but they all point from private IP address to 255.255.255.255.

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