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Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com
Posted: November 19th, 2017, 8:30 pm
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 ?
Re: Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com
Posted: November 20th, 2017, 3:50 am
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
Re: Rainmeter connects to ec2-184-73-220-206.compute-1.amazonaws.com
Posted: November 20th, 2017, 4:49 pm
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)