Re: [gentoo-user] Yahoo and strange traffic.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mick wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 August 2010 21:15:51 Dale wrote:
>    
>> Mick wrote:
>>      
>>> On 17 August 2010 15:29, BRM<bm_witness@yahoo.com>   wrote:
>>>        
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>
>>>>          
>>>>> From: Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> Adam Carter wrote:
>>>>>            
>>>>>>       Is this easy to do?  I  have no idea where to start except that
>>>>>>       wireshark is  installed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yep, start the capture with Capture ->     Interfaces and click on the
>>>>>> start
>>>>>>              
>>>>> button next to the correct interface, then  right click on one of the
>>>>> packets that is to the yahoo box and choose Decode As  set the port
>>>>> and protocol then apply. You'll
>>>>>
>>>>> need to understand the semantics of  HTTP for it to be of much use tho.
>>>>> You had me until the last part.   No semantics here.  lol   May see if
>>>>> I can post a little and see if  anyone can figure out what the heck it
>>>>> is doing.  I'm thinking some crazy  bug or something.  Maybe checking
>>>>> for updates not realizing it's
>>>>>
>>>>> Kopete  instead of a Yahoo program.
>>>>>            
>>>> Wireshark will show you the raw packet data, and decode only a little of
>>>> it - enough to identify the general protocol, senders, etc.
>>>> So to understand the packet, you will need to understand the application
>>>> layer protocol - in this case HTTP - yourself as Wireshark won't help
>>>> you there.
>>>>
>>>> But yet, Wireshark, nmap, and nessus security scanner are the tools,
>>>> less so nessus as it really is more of a port scanner/security hole
>>>> finder than a debug tool for applications (it's basically an interface
>>>> for nmap for those purposes).
>>>>          
>>> I'm not at home to experiment and I don't use yahoo, but port 5050 is
>>> typically used for mmcc = multi media conference control - does yahoo
>>> offer such a service?  It could be a SIP server running there for VoIP
>>> between Yahoo registered users or something similar.
>>>
>>> The http connection could be offered as an alternative proxy
>>> connection to the yahoo IM servers for users who are behind
>>> restrictive firewalls.  Have you asked as much in the Yahoo user
>>> groups?
>>>
>>> The fact that the threads continue after kopete has shut down is not
>>> necessarily of concern as was already explained, unless it carries on
>>> and on for a long time and the flow of packets continues.  I don't
>>> know how yahoo VoIP works.  Did you install some plugin specific for
>>> yahoo services?  If it imitates the Skype architecture then it
>>> essentially runs proxies on clients' machines and this could be an
>>> explanation for the traffic.
>>>        
>> I don't have VoIP, Skype or that sort of thing here.  Here is my Kopete
>> info tho:
>>
>> [ebuild   R   ] kde-base/kopete-4.4.5-r1  USE="addbookmarks autoreplace
>> contactnotes groupwise handbook highlight history nowlistening pipes
>> privacy ssl statistics texteffect translator urlpicpreview yahoo
>> zeroconf (-aqua) -debug -gadu -jabber -jingle (-kdeenablefinal)
>> (-kdeprefix) -latex -meanwhile -msn -oscar -otr -qq -skype -sms -testbed
>> -v4l2 -webpresence -winpopup" 0 kB
>>
>> Anything there that cold cause a problem?
>>      
> No, I can't see anything suspicious, you don't even have skype or v4l2
> enabled, so it is unlikely that it is running some webcam stream (as part of
> VoIP).
>    


lol  I don't have a webcam even if it was turned on.  Sort of funny 
about having a camera in my bedroom.  o_O

I'm thinking it is Yahoo wanting to upgrade something but not realizing 
that I'm not using their client but using kopete.  Yahoo isn't the 
sharpest tool in the shed you know?

Dale

:-)  :-)