[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]

Re: Mathematica Calls Home

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg95538] Re: Mathematica Calls Home
• From: Peltio <peltio at twilight.zone>
• Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:44:54 -0500 (EST)
• References: <gl1blg$95t$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Reply-to: peltioNOSP at Mgmail.com.invalid

> The following is a bit more puzzling. Another kind of outbound connection
> attempts, rated as medium risk, takes place in occasions when saving my
> notebooks. Then Mathematica tries to connect to the IP 194.224.66.27 (DNS)
> on port 53. 

A whois shows that this IP is registered by Akamai Technologies. Does 
this ring any bells?
A quick search shows that it's a company that mirrors servers in order 
to offer faster internet connection. Perhaps the machine you save your 
notebooks to is a mirrored one.

cheers,
Peltio