NT connecting to IP's on startup

[Mike_32]

Hi I notice NT connects to different IP adress's on starting it up.
Even before its connected.

There is this one.
81.169.184.79
Location: Germany [City: Berlin, Berlin]
NinjaTrader Support

http://www.sitedossier.com/ip/81.169.184.79

Which is obviously NT support license checking etc so that's ok.

Then there is this one.
64.38.21.160 Jackson boulevard Chicago
Being in Chicago its probably broker zenfire related so thats ok.

Then there is this mysterious one.

http://www.sitedossier.com/ip/207.155.253.114

XO Communications
207.155.253.114 - Unknown
Domain Name.......... bcentralhost.com
Creation Date........ 2001-08-23
Registration Date.... 2007-03-24
Expiry Date.......... 2010-08-23
Organisation Name.... XO Communications
Organisation Address. 4800 Concentric Boulevard
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Saginaw
Organisation Address. 48604
Organisation Address. MI
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

It gives an unknown location however I get Saginaw MI and Herndon VA as possible server locations.
As you see on site dossier there is several websites listed as hosted on this IP.
And a few of them are financial related.
So I would like to know why NT is connecting to this ip.
I may end up blocking it in my firewall or router because it looks to be not needed to me.
Thankyou.

[Mike_32]

I also get this 207.155.253.111 (San Jose, CA, US)
Could this be Yahoo?

[Mike_32]

Its not yahoo its these guys.

http://www.concentric.com/

[Mike_32]

Ok so I blocked the netrange in firewall.
It seems to connect ok with it blocked.
And is not connecting to the range 207.155.128.0 - 207.155.255.255 on startup.
I think this could be spyware contained in some custom indicator I have installed.
The problem is encrypted dll's like I had Volume Footprint installed and its dll is all encrypted so who knows what is contained in it.
Ive removed that though I have no custom dll's at all at the moment.

[ctrlbrk]

Ok so I blocked the netrange in firewall.
It seems to connect ok with it blocked.
And is not connecting to the range 207.155.128.0 - 207.155.255.255 on startup.
I think this could be spyware contained in some custom indicator I have installed.
The problem is encrypted dll's like I had Volume Footprint installed and its dll is all encrypted so who knows what is contained in it.
Ive removed that though I have no custom dll's at all at the moment.

I always worry about this type of thing in the back of my head as well with encrypted DLL's. I get the reason for encrypting them, but I wish there was a required certification by NinjaTrader for all encrypted DLL's and a digital signature on them to make sure they weren't altered. Otherwise who knows what data is going where.

Mike

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello Mike and ctrlbrk,

Thank you both for your posts.

Some one will get back to you on this by Monday at the latest.

[NinjaTrader_Kyle]

Hello Mike and ctrlbrk,

Thank you for your patience.

NinjaTrader submit HTTP requests to www.ninjatrader.com, www.ninjatrader-support.com and www.ninjatrader-support2.com

In addition broker/provider software would connect to their servers which would be beyond our control. However, the respective broker/provider should have the information available. For some setups you could find that information in the account connection wizard.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

[Mike_32]

Its ok was worrying about nothing.
Ninjatrader.com - 207.155.249.88
Ninjatrader-support.com - 81.169.184.79
Ninjatrader-support2.com - 64.38.21.160