Avhi-browse and Itunes sevices <SOLVED>

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Avhi-browse and Itunes sevices <SOLVED>

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Hi
I'm a newbie, I recently discovered the avahi-browse command and am wondering what it means. Specifically I ran avahi-browse -a on my linux mint machine on a domestic network and amongst the entries were these:
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 Canon MG5300 series _canon-bjnp1._tcp local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 Canon MG5300 series UNIX Printer local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 Canon MG5300 series _scanner._tcp local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 WDMyCloud Apple TimeMachine local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 WDMyCloud Apple File Sharing local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 WDMyCloud _wd-2go._tcp local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 WDMyCloud iTunes Audio Access local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 Canon MG5300 series Web Site local
+ wlp2s0 IPv4 WDMyCloud Web Site local

The Canon ones relate to a network printer, the WDMyCloud is a NAS. These are the only things connected to the network other than the linux machine. I was wondering what the itunes/Apple services are as there is no Apple/Itunes products on the network
1 - are they processes that are running on the linux machine or the NAS is running itself (i.e. its not just a hard disk its effectively an independent computer running some itunes software)?
2 - could they represent a threat to the linux machine (e.g. something malicious given an innocent name or genuine corporate spyware)?

How do I stop the Itunes processes?

Thanks
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Re: Avhi-browse and Itunes sevices

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All of those WDMyCloud references are from your NAS. It is apparently configured to "register" or "announce" those services to the rest of the local lan via mDNS ( avahi / bonjour ).

They are not services or processes originating from or controllable by your Linux system.

If you are concerned about the origin of these "registrations" you could use another avahi command to find it's ip address to verify that it is your NAS:

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avahi-resolve --name -4 WDMyCloud.local
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Re: Avhi-browse and Itunes sevices

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Hi, many thanks, that was very helpful
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