Is anyone else seeing DNS ("ls") scan/requests from dao.andromedia.com ? I'm not sure I want to call it wrong, but it seems pretty cheesy to me to come over and try to check out all of my DNS systematically. I have them blocked, but I'm curious as to what they are up to. I asked once, and they said that they were analyzing the dial-up IP addresses that were hitting their web pages -- but they are slowly going over hundreds and hundreds of domain names under our control. There has to be something interesting in the story behind these scans. Even if it is only a weird elf :) -- Craig Nordin -- cnordin@vni.net Virtual Networks http://www.vni.net
Is anyone else seeing DNS ("ls") scan/requests from dao.andromedia.com ?
I have them blocked, but I'm curious as to what they are up to. I asked once, and they said that they were analyzing the dial-up IP addresses that were hitting their web pages -- but they are slowly going over hundreds and hundreds of domain names under our control.
Three weeks back dao.andromedia.com tried a web scan of every machine within one of our domains. When asked why, their initial response was that they were mistakenly trying to access an old University e-mail account within the UK. They then amended this to explain that they were checking everyone who hit their web site - the same excuse they gave you. However given the machines they tried talking to included both routers and ATM switches, this seems just a tad far-fetched ... I can't see that they did any damage, or generated enough junk traffic, for this to be a serious operational issue ... more educational perhaps. Kevin Hoadley, JANET
From their homepage:
Welcome to Andromedia! We make ARIA 1.0, our award-winning web tracking software. Push any of the buttons on this page to learn more about Andromedia and ARIA. Click on the top left-hand button to take advantage of our free trial of ARIA! I'm going to give a lookover at their free trial. -Scott -- ___ / ~-. Scott Call | \ TCP/IP Network Administrator/Holder of Past Knowledge \\j`j; / , CCnet, Inc http://www.ccnet.com/ (^, )bxr~ Walnut Creek, CA ---' http://www.devolution.com/ 46. Outrageous vehicles only make the hero cooler. 101. Mallets can be stored anywhere on anybody. -All I Need to Know I Learned From Anime
Just in case anyone misunderstands the posting I just made (at least one person already has): I have no association with Andromedia. I only posted the info because people seemed curious about it. I only mentioned getting the trial version (and I re-read my post and I do apologize for the wording) to see if that was what was causing the scans. -Scott Call CCnet, Inc --
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