Strange Happenings...?

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Just installed the current version (May 22nd).

 

Started up and started getting the following in my log:

DNSServer : DNS request received!
DNSServer : Source: ('190.93.249.10', 37587)
DNSServer : Domain: ripe.net
DNSServer : ***forward request
DNSServer : -> DNS response from higher level
DNSServer : DNS request received!
DNSServer : Source: ('190.93.249.10', 47820)
DNSServer : Domain: ripe.net
DNSServer : ***forward request
DNSServer : -> DNS response from higher level
...
DNSServer : DNS request received!
DNSServer : Source: ('190.93.249.10', 12867)
DNSServer : Domain: www.58wgw.com
DNSServer : ***forward request
DNSServer : -> DNS response from higher level

 

Is this just someone out there using my IP for DNS lookups (for some reason)?

 

Update: Just to be clear, that IP address is not my own, nor that of the local network.

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>> DNSServer : Source: ('190.93.249.10', 12867)

This IP?

Usually it shows your aTV - the one with the manually rerouted DNS. If you don't know this IP... I guess someone else is using your computer as DNS Server then?

Interesting... Where does it come from? Keep me posted :-D

3

Yeah that is an IP from Cost Rica - apparently.

If you have port 53 open in your router I would be a bit concerned - definitely unrelated to this project though.

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Yeah. I had been running my system in the routers DMZ, but no more.

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As a temporary solution for anyone having this issue, replacing the function with your local IP address will solve the problem! It may be working after commit 91.. Haven't tried, sticking with modified commit 90.

The code is on line 23 of the PlexConnect.py file.... Replace socket.gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn()) with your IP.... Example:

 def getIP_self():

-    IP = socket.gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn())

+    IP = '192.168.2.20'

     dprint('PlexConnect', 0, "IP_self: "+IP)

     return IP

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...

 def getIP_self():

-    IP = socket.gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn())

+    IP = '192.168.2.20'

     dprint('PlexConnect', 0, "IP_self: "+IP)

     return IP

Well, this is not related to that thread, is it?

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Oh no, whoops. I thought it was an intercept issue. I've been having those in the past few commits. Sorry, practical but irrelevant!