I discovered that also. I filed a support issue, and, after
two weeks, got back a useless reply (couldn't find it in the
source code blah blah blah).
After installing the source I fount it's a patch that SuSE
applied to ensure you have a usable DNS upon connection to
the ISP. If DNS fails, you get a warning message. They chose
to use their own domain name for the test.
Pretty harmless.
George
Samizdatt wrote:
>
> F.Y.I.
>
> I know your issue has been resolved, but any SUSE PPC LINUX v7.3 users dialing into the Internet using wvdial may be interested to learn that it also phones home every time it connects. Modify the "/etc/wvdial.conf" file to include the line "Check DNS = 0". This issue may be a feature with wvdial in general; consequently, other distributions & versions may also have it activated as a default...
>
> David Demland wrote:
> >
> > 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
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