Your rmnet0 interface should be the 3G interface. You will see a much longer, "weird" looking IP address for that one because it will be using an IPv6 address, versus your WAN IP which is more than likely still an IPv4 address.
On Aug 31, 6:48 am, ed24 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thaks for your reply. > Of course I googled. I know all of the info you put in your reply, but > I am still not understanding why there are two WAN IP addresses on the > phone itself. > It makes no sense to me that a phone uses DOD (Department of Defense) > IP address segment of 28.197.54.* for rmnet0 interface. > > I ran my checkmyip from the phone itself when it was connected via 3G > connection not via router. > > rmnet0 is within the phone itself not within the router. > > On Aug 31, 7:57 am, Kevin Chadwick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:00:33 -0700 (PDT) > > > ed24 <> wrote: > > > I posted on android discuss group an issue, see link below, where > > > android seems to keep a very different IP address for rmnet0 interface > > > compared to WAN ip address. > > > Did you try Googling? > > > I'm not sure where you ran checkmyip etc. but. > > > A google says rmnet0 is edge/3g. So this should be the interface used > > without your router. You have two WANs including your router. > > > > Does anyone think this is a security issue? The biggest co ncern to me > > > is that something within the phone is trying to connect to ports 5228 > > > and 993 on google. > > > $ /bin/cat /etc/services | /usr/bin/egrep "(993|5228)" > > imaps 993/tcp # imap4 protocol over > > TLS/SSL > > imaps 993/udp # imap4 protocol over > > TLS/SSL > > > Imaps (993) should be a secured email connection under normal operation > > and a sound network. > > > Seems 5228 is google market > > placehttp://findports.com/document.php?tag=google-android-market -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss?hl=en.
