Synology Disk DS211J
Matthew Palmer
mpalmer at hezmatt.org
Thu Sep 29 21:30:40 UTC 2011
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:11:48PM -0700, Jones, Barry wrote:
> A little off topic, but wanted to share... I purchased a home storage
> Synology DS1511+. After configuring it on the home net, I did some
> captures to look at the protocols, and noticed that the DS1511+ is making
> outgoing connections to 59.124.41.242 (www) and 59.124.41.245 (port 81 &
> 89) on a regular basis. These addresses are owned by Synology and Chungwa
> Telecom in Taiwan.
And this is why the prudent home admin runs a firewall device he or she can
trust, and has a "default deny" rule in place even for outgoing connections.
- Matt
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