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Re: My HP printer talking to the FBI?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Glatting)
Tue Oct 23 21:48:18 2001
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 18:38:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@software-munitions.com>
To: <rmonty@texas.net>
Cc: <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110240025.f9O0Pa200103@mw3.texas.net>
Message-ID: <20011023183639.G58029-100000@btw.plaintalk.bellevue.wa.us>
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 rmonty@texas.net wrote:
> If your HP Printer is a "network" model it is equipped with SNMP. It
> could have the "alarm" mode set, in which case it could make a call.
>
I checked my logs. There was a hit to a different, unused IP address on my
network a few days ago.
I wonder of the extent of this activity. Anyone check their logs?
>
> > This is going to sound strange, but does your printer call the FBI?
> >
> > I was looking through my firewall logs and found this gem:
> >
> > Oct 17 03:43:33 btw /kernel: Oct 17 03:41:34 btw /kernel:
> > ipfw: 7800 Unreach TCP 12.1.224.109:80 206.129.5.146:1115
> > in via xl1
> >
> > 206.129.5.146 is my HP printer. 12.1.224.109 is:
> >
> > Name: origin.ifccfbi.gov
> > Address: 12.1.224.109
> > Aliases: 109.224.1.12.in-addr.arpa
> >
> > Looking through the config I don't see anything for 12.1.224.109.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis Glatting
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