Ant wrote:
> "john" wrote:
>
>> Rick Merrill wrote:
>>> john wrote:
>>>> 194 . 25 . 26 . 102
>
> It's in the block 194.25.26.64 to 194.25.26.127 which belongs to
> Akamai Techologies. They are an Internet content distribution service.
>
>>>> Deutsche Telekom AG
>
> They are the ISP providing the wires.
>
>>>> OrgName: Hewlett-Packard Company OrgID: HP
>
> I don't see how HP figures in this.
>
>>> What's it to you?
>> They connected to my computer while I was browsing newsgroups.
>
> Things don't connect to your computer unless you are running software
> which is listening for, and capable of receiving connections.
>
>> It tied everything up. I ran netstat and got the ip number.
>
> So what port did it use, and what program or service was listening on
> the port that accepted the connection?
>
>
I'm not that much up on the intricacies of net operation.
I didn't take note of the port or how much information was exchanged.
I do have a Hewlett printer but it wasn't on.