On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:11:48PM -0700, Jones, Barry wrote: > A little off topic, but wanted to share... I purchased a home storage > Synology DS1511+. After configuring it on the home net, I did some > captures to look at the protocols, and noticed that the DS1511+ is making > outgoing connections to 59.124.41.242 (www) and 59.124.41.245 (port 81 & > 89) on a regular basis. These addresses are owned by Synology and Chungwa > Telecom in Taiwan.
And this is why the prudent home admin runs a firewall device he or she can trust, and has a "default deny" rule in place even for outgoing connections. - Matt
