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Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com

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dsnz
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Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Post by dsnz »

Hello,

recently I noticed that rainmeter keeps a steady connection to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com !
what's this for ?
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Brian
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Re: Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Post by Brian »

Not sure what you mean by "steady" connection, but the only thing the Rainmeter application connects to is our version file hosted on github (which might be located on a amazon server). This version file is only downloaded each time Rainmeter starts and only when the "Check for updates" checkbox is checked.

Obviously skins can connect to any site. We recently changed our default illustro Network.ini skin to retrieve your IP address by connecting to http://checkip.amazonaws.com - but this default skin will only get installed on "new" installations since Rainmeter will not overwrite exisiting default skins.

Relevant illustro Network.ini skin code:
https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter/blob/master/Build/Skins/illustro/Network/Network.ini#L37-L49

Similar question asked on github:
https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter/issues/88#issue-198293293

-Brian
dsnz
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Re: Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Post by dsnz »

Hi,

I mean an established connection that stays alive all time, I copy below from Sysinternals Tcpview

Rainmeter.exe 1528 TCP <my-machine-name> 50462 ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com https ESTABLISHED

in my skin I do use the capability to get the wan address
so this may be the reason ?
(if I go to http://checkip.amazonaws.com within chrome it connects to a different random ip address of amazonaws.com
each time while rainmeter connects to a steady ip even after reboot of my machine)