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Hello! Can you think reason why Windows 10 laptop has tried to reach Mint PC? They are using same router to connect internet. If i understood correctly destination port in Mint system is 2054. Which is according to Internet "Weblogin Port". There seems to be quite a spam about this [UFW BLOCK] in log files.
And how to stop this, not just hide its existence
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My view: as long as UFW does its job well (which it apparently does in your case), it should keep its bloody mouth shut and shouldn't pester the boss with trivialities.
As the root cause is your Windows 10 machine, it would be interesting to find out which Windows service (?) / application (?) keeps on trying to connect to target port 2054 on machines in its LAN in intervals of 60 seconds.
You might use Nir Sofer's CurrPorts in order to identify the process name that does.
Maybe something can be / needs to be switched off on the Windows 10 side.
In case this should not be possible without losing any needed functionality you can still silence the Linux Mint ufw logfile.
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Thanks for the replies! I'm just curious about this and same time little bit cautious. If the laptop has virus, or what else could cause it try "weblogin", though i have no idea is this weblogin for trying to login Mint system or what does it mean? Can i somehow disable this "weblogin" for security reasons? Or do i need it if i don't remote connect? I actually thought Mint system is invisible to the WIndows laptop, but apparently not.... any tips what to change in ufw before.rules to hide Mint from the Windows?
personally, i don't know why anyone would even bother having a software firewall running if using a router? haven't had one running on any of my machines in so many years i can't count them.
this is the exact reason why? it's probably nothing more than that goofy windows machine trying to connect to other machine through lan for file sharing like windows always wants to do unless you turn it off.
Im hopeless with Windows 10. and thats not my laptop, but it seems that File and Printer sharing is off, so is Network Discovery.
Anyway this is about Mint, so any tips to previous questions i had?
I suppose there is an option somewhere in router's settings how to block connection to another computer. Just im not so good with the router things. I know router's firewall is on but it seems not to block these lan things atm.
^ Thanks fort that!
The Windows machine indeed has McAfee, so there might be something in that, but it's totally
alien software to me. I didnt catch by first reading what was the key in there, a McAfee's setting perhaps.
So probably i can just shut the to UFW silent, or i'd like more stealth this Mint machine
from the WIndows system. Which i thought i already had done...but it isn't it seems.
It looks like it's a McAfee windows service that's the culprit, some Home Network Protect function, that according to the last commentator tries to identify vulnerabilities on other machines on the LAN.
UFW is doing its job, the windows box is probably sending these requests to every IP on the LAN, but your Linux box is ignoring them. If the Windows machine isn't yours just turn off UFW logging.
If the router is yours I guess you could probably tweak it's settings to block these requests at that level.
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It seems i'm not able to block that probing/scanning on router level.
I created an ip block rule for the laptop but it seems it isn't effective on lan.
My Mint is still blocking these knockings.
So i just need to live with it. Thanks for the replies again!
If you have a router that has VLAN capability then I think you could keep the two computers in different VLANs so they couldn't communicate. Similarly, on wifi you could put the windows computer on the guest wifi and set your guest wifi to be isolated.
So the concern is log spam?
If so, create a rule on Mint allowing that traffic or block it in Windows Firewall.
XILNU wrote: ⤴Sun Sep 01, 2019 5:30 am
It seems i'm not able to block that probing/scanning on router level.
A router is not involved in traffic on the same subnet.
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