The link to the HP page here has been shut down Could Not Open URL The URL you requested, /cm/QuestionAnswer/1,11866,0x515b1012aa92d5118ff100 , does not exist or is not retrievable at this HP IT Resource Center Web site. (Error HTTP_404) ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Toft" To: Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 7:18 AM Subject: Re: Outgoing ping unknown Good link, Dallas. I'm surprised HP put the fact that they are being sued over this on their site. I wonder if the programmer genius that did that is still employed at HP. So this poses a question: Assuming you need to determine if you are currently connected to the Internet, how would you do it? A gethostbyname() lookup is what I would expect, not pinging someone's IP address. Moreover, what benefit is gained with this? If is person has a dialup account, the "connected" icon will be in the system tray. If they are on a LAN/DSL/Cable Modem, they will know if they are connected to the Internet. I can't help but feel this programmer is a complete idiot, or he knew that several thousand computers pinging that one IP would be a great DDOS attack. George Dallas Helquist wrote: > > It's a known "feature" of HP computers with multimedia keyboards. > > http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,11866,0x515b1012aa92d5118ff100 > 90279cd0f9,00.html > > Good luck. > > -dallas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Demland" > To: "PLUG Discuss" > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:14 PM > Subject: Outgoing ping unknown > > > I just put a sniffer on my home network and I have found that my wife's > > computer is sending out a ping to address: 207.26.131.137. I have ran a > > virus checker on it and there are no known viruses. I have not been able > to > > find out where this IP goes to. Does anyone have an idea where this IP is > > and what might be trying to "phone home"? > > > > Thank You, > > > > David > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss