I've got always this opened session :
This IP is MSN/Microsoft server. Is Cinnamon talking with this server ?
https://ipinfo.io/40.115.22.134
[solved]Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
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[solved]Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
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Re: Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
-- That link as well as manually typing in that ip address ..both send me to a page talking about cryptocurrency api.
How do you know that is a msn server?--
How do you know that is a msn server?--
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dual 1TB ssds
Two 16TB Toshiba hdd's
24GB amd 7900xtx vid card
Viewsonic Elite UHD 32" 144hz monitor
Re: Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
The output of
whois 40.115.22.134
talks about Microsoft. - My interpretation: it is a server hosted in the Microsoft Azure cloud, not a server used for hosting Microsoft's own websites.As my Cinnamon never talks to any cryptocurrency webpage, I wonder a bit, whether the InfoLibre may have installed
+ genuine Cinnamon applet, the developer of which has turned greedy and implemented unasked for functionality later on
+ a Cinnamon applet from a doubtful source
perhaps
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Re: Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
I found, it's this applet : https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/304
Re: Cinnamon is communicating with Microsoft/MSN server ?
Hello, InfoLibre.
So the traffic is initiated by a Cinnamon applet, which is not installed by default, which you installed yourself, and which does, what it is supposed to do. Mystery resolved, I guess.
Best regards,
Karl
So the traffic is initiated by a Cinnamon applet, which is not installed by default, which you installed yourself, and which does, what it is supposed to do. Mystery resolved, I guess.
Best regards,
Karl
The people of Alderaan have been bravely fighting back the clone warriors sent out by the unscrupulous Sith Lord Palpatine for 771 days now.
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