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<blockquote data-quote="Yellowing" data-source="post: 749125" data-attributes="member: 72894">To clear some things up about the weird Simplewall connections:I figured that simplewall scans my network because I have IPv6 disabled and it can&#039;t connect over its usual port. The problem is it scans without pause and &quot;spams&quot; my network and SSD because log. (I assume this could only become a problem if twenty more programs start doing the same <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)It&#039;s most likely a bug: Simplewall also throws a silent exception with every packet. (I can see them with a debugger) If this would be a normal port scan you wouldn&#039;t program it to throw exceptions because you expect to also scan ports that are closed.However: This isn&#039;t because it wants to check for updates. It can update without problem and did so before. Those are other connections, directly to henrypp.orgIt is also most likely a bug because it fills up the log file of dropped packets that simplewall itself makes, with one per second. Thus, negating any use one could get out of it.&quot;DNS request for your configured hosts&quot;: Why does it have to request over 20k ports?I contacted henrypp per PM and gave him all available log files. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Lets wait for what he has to say about them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yellowing, post: 749125, member: 72894"] [SIZE=18px]To clear some things up about the weird Simplewall connections:[/SIZE] I figured that simplewall scans my network because I have IPv6 disabled and it can't connect over its usual port. The problem is it scans without pause and "spams" my network and SSD because log. (I assume this could only become a problem if twenty more programs start doing the same :D) It's most likely a bug: Simplewall also throws a silent exception with every packet. (I can see them with a debugger) If this would be a normal port scan you wouldn't program it to throw exceptions because you [B]expect [/B]to also scan ports that are closed. However: This isn't because it wants to check for updates. It can update without problem and did so before. Those are other connections, directly to henrypp.org It is also most likely a bug because it fills up the log file of dropped packets that simplewall itself makes, with one per second. Thus, negating any use one could get out of it. "DNS request for your configured hosts": Why does it have to request over 20k ports? I contacted henrypp per PM and gave him all available log files. :) Lets wait for what he has to say about them. [/QUOTE]

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