the ip address 76.74.254.118 belongs to wordpress.com, which looks like a blog hosting site. do you have a blog there, or were you reading a blog from there?
On Jan 22, 5:19 pm, Edward Treen <ted.tr...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm hoping that there is a lister with good knowledge of the technicalities > of the internet. > > In my logs, there are many entries along the lines of:- > > Jan 22 22:01:16 tedsnewmacpro Firewall[99]: Stealth Mode connection attempt > to TCP 192.168.1.67:56039 from 76.74.254.118:80 > > and > > Jan 22 19:28:49 tedsnewmacpro Firewall[99]: Deny netbiosd data in from > 172.16.162.1:137 to port 137 proto=17 > > The second is, I presume, some internal matter between the Mac system and the > ADSL router, but the first worries me a little. > > I've checked many of the IP addresses on whois.domaintools.com, and > discovered Amazon, eBay & Adobe (amongst others). > > Amazon I know offers server services to other organisations, but why should > ebay, Adobe or in fact anyone try a Stealth Mode connection to my router? > > Do I have cause for concern? > > Thanks > > Ted > (Probably getting paranoid) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
