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Win2k Machine contacting Root Server???
From: Alex <incidents () alex gotdns org>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:53:07 -0600 (CST)
Hi,I recently ran "netstat" on my personal laptop (running Win2k) and was shocked to see that it had been making TCP connections to the root servers (to their domain port). I know that some DNS queries are performed using TCP, but I find it somewhat disturbing that the root servers were involved.
I did a little googling and found a few remarks that Win2k machines sometimes do this... But mine has the lastest updates....
So I'm a little concerned. Is this normal operation for a win2k machine, or could something more amiss be going on? Norton Antivirus and SpyBot Search & Destory didn't find anything wrong.
Thanks -Alex(I realize this is probably a normal thing, but I still find it disturbing)
Current thread:
- Win2k Machine contacting Root Server??? Alex (Mar 24)
- Re: Win2k Machine contacting Root Server??? Jeff Rosowski (Mar 29)
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- RE: Win2k Machine contacting Root Server??? Adrian Marsden (Mar 24)
- Re: Win2k Machine contacting Root Server??? Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 24)
- RE: Win2k Machine contacting Root Server??? Alex (Mar 24)