This is still happening with 3.5.2-0ubuntu1 on Quantal which I confirmed via tcpdump whilst enabling and disabling remote control in vino- preferences.
189.38.80.51 is the host used by http://blog.jorgepereira.com.br/jorge/org.gnome.vino.Service.php alan@deep-thought:~$ host blog.jorgepereira.com.br blog.jorgepereira.com.br has address 189.38.80.51 alan@deep-thought:~$ sudo tcpdump -v dst host 189.38.80.51 tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes 09:42:10.753010 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 535, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 60) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [S], cksum 0x58fd (incorrect -> 0xffed), seq 3623359539, win 14600, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 923172 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0 09:42:10.997592 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 536, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 40) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [.], cksum 0x58e9 (incorrect -> 0x7093), ack 4276424314, win 14600, length 0 09:42:10.997781 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 537, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 192) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [P.], cksum 0x0bd0 (correct), seq 0:152, ack 1, win 14600, length 152 09:42:11.242896 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 538, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 260) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [P.], cksum 0x189c (correct), seq 152:372, ack 1, win 14600, length 220 09:42:17.494771 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 539, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 40) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [.], cksum 0x58e9 (incorrect -> 0x67ef), ack 686, win 15755, length 0 09:42:20.535237 IP (tos 0x0, ttl 64, id 540, offset 0, flags [DF], proto TCP (6), length 40) deep-thought.local.45965 > kamotini.kinghost.net.http: Flags [.], cksum 0x58e9 (incorrect -> 0x67ee), ack 687, win 15755, length 0 ** Changed in: vino (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608701 Title: vino establishes a HTTP connection to check connectivity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vino/+bug/608701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs