Last night, I noticed a regular pattern of blips in gkrellm's eth0 monitor. There were no internet active programs, such as e-mail or web browser running, so I started Wireshark to see what was happening. Apart from the expected chatter between this machine and the router, the following two lines repeated over and over, and it is continuing on rebooting the machine this morning: Source Destination Protocol Info 217.14.132.183 192.168.1.14 SIP Status: 100 Trying (0 bindings) 217.14.132.183 192.168.1.14 SIP Status: 401 Unauthorized (0 bindings) Is this entirely innocent, or should I contact abuse@Domainmaster (see below)? 09:21 bob@barrowhillfarm:~> whois 217.14.132.183 % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf % Note: this output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % Information related to '217.14.128.0 - 217.14.143.255' inetnum: 217.14.128.0 - 217.14.143.255 descr: Domainmaster LTD org: ORG-DL12-RIPE netname: UK-DOMAINMASTER-20000901 country: GB admin-c: PM3847-RIPE tech-c: SJML1-RIPE status: ALLOCATED PA mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-lower: DOMAINMASTER-NOC mnt-routes: DOMAINMASTER-NOC mnt-domains: DOMAINMASTER-NOC source: RIPE # Filtered organisation: ORG-DL12-RIPE org-name: Domainmaster LTD org-type: LIR address: Domainmaster LTD 9th Floor, Building 6 Harbour Exchange Square E14 9GE London United Kingdom phone: +44 207 127 9800 fax-no: +44 870 432 5505 e-mail: ripe@hotlinks.co.uk admin-c: DB admin-c: JO497-RIPE admin-c: PM3847-RIPE admin-c: SJML1-RIPE mnt-ref: DOMAINMASTER-NOC mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: Panny Malialis address: DomainMaster Ltd address: C/o Redbus Interhouse address: 9th Floor, 6/7 Harbour Exchange Square address: London address: E14 9GE phone: +44 (0) 870 7878 975 fax-no: +44 (0) 870 7878 973 e-mail: panny@hotlinks.co.uk nic-hdl: PM3847-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered person: Sylvaine Joelle Marie Lucas address: DomainMaster Ltd address: C/o Redbus Interhouse address: 9th Floor, 6/7 Harbour Exchange Square address: London address: E14 9GE phone: +44 (0) 870 7878 975 fax-no: +44 (0) 870 7878 973 e-mail: sylvaine@hotlinks.co.uk nic-hdl: SJML1-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.1.9-1.4-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.7.2 (4.7.2) "release 5" Uptime: 18:00pm up 5 days 0:29, 3 users, load average: 0.23, 0.15, 0.14 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org