On 15 Apr '08, at 12:52 PM, Stuart Malin wrote:
I run Little Snitch and it has popped up that smbclient wants to connect to some server (169.254.44.184)
169.254.*.* is the self-assigned address range. If a computer connects to a LAN but finds no router or DHCP server on it (and it doesn't have a static address configured), it'll pick a random IP address out of that range. This allows a group of computers on a bare Ethernet, or a computer-to-computer AirPort network, use TCP/IP with no special configuration.
on port 139 (netbios-ssn).
I think this is part of Windows' LAN support, a DHCP-like protocol for configuring local networks. Not sure why the smbclient would be trying to connect to it, or even running at all.
—JensPS: Just replying here so this thread doesn't get left dangling as some scary "OMG a virus" thing. But further follow-ups should definitely go someplace else.
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