My HP printer talking to the FBI?
Dennis Glatting
dennis.glatting at software-munitions.com
Tue Oct 23 21:38:14 EDT 2001
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 rmonty at 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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