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    Mysterious connections to 216.251.43.17

    I've been curious about something for a while. I have a program called PeerBlock running in the background, to help protect my computer from malware.

    Every time I run NinjaTrader, PeerBlock reports that it blocked a connection attempt to the IP address 216.251.43.17. This happens exactly once per minute.

    When I dig that IP address on http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/we...on-web-server/ it appears to be a shared hosting server, with plenty of dubious domains (porn sites and online pharmacies, among some more legitimate ones).

    Why would NinjaTrader be accessing this address on a shared hosting service?

    If it matters, I am using Mirus Futures with Zen-Fire, but it doesn't matter if I'm connected to my broker or not. I still see a ping once per minute.

    Blocking this IP address doesn't seem to affect NinjaTrader in any way. Although maybe it's a reason for the frequent "connection lost" I hear from NinjaTrader voice (although this is erratic, not once per minute).

    Just curious.
    -A
    Last edited by anachronist; 10-21-2011, 09:29 PM.

    #2
    Hello,

    Sorry for the late reply. I'm not sure 100% what this connection is to. I will have someone follow up with you tomorrow morning.
    MatthewNinjaTrader Product Management

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      #3
      Hello,

      The connection you are seeing is a RSS News feed from Economic News hostingc1.megawebservers.com - 216.251.43.17

      This connection and other RSS news feeds can be disabled from within the Control Center > Tools > Options > RSS Tab.
      Deselect all the RSS feed you no longer want to receive and then press "OK"
      You must restart NinjaTrader for the changes to take effect.
      LowellSenior IT Manager

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        #4
        Ah. Thanks. RSS news feeds is a feature I'd forgotten about. I never knew why I would need a news feed in my trading platform. I'll disable it.
        -A

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