Re: Question about GoToMyPc services

[JM <ubahmapk () gmail com>]

On 8/8/05, Ms. Judith Taylor <jtaylor () acvna org> wrote:
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> example from logviewer:
> 10.xxx.xxx.xxx:1740  66.151.158.177:8200
> 10.xxx.xxx.xxx:1759  216.115.217.254:8200
>
> My first thought is that it is simply "checking in" with the GoToMyPc
> service to see if someone is trying to connect, but I haven't been able
> to suss this out on their website to ascertain if this is truly the case
> and not something to worry about. Is what I'm seeing simply the normal
> behavior of the program/service?
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I think you're probably right there.

me@computer ~ $ host 66.151.158.177
177.158.151.66.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer poll.gotomypc.com.

me@computer ~ $ host 216.115.217.254
254.217.115.216.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 216-115-217-254.expertcity.com.

expertcity appears to be a parent/sibbling of GoToMyPc.  (anyone else
know for sure?  I'm not real familiar with either organization.)

What doesn't show in your log is how far apart these 'pings' are taking place?