established connection to internet

[gammaburst (Jan)]

Hi all,

I found an established connection from my syncthing instance to an NAS Server exposed in the internet without any doing from my side. This connection is aiming to

I’m curious, what is this about?

This connection is a potential door in my infrastructure and can obviously copy all my data without permission.

[imsodin (Simon)]

@gammaburst

I’m curious, what is this about?

https://docs.syncthing.net/users/faq.html#why-does-syncthing-connect-to-this-unknown-suspicious-address

@gammaburst

This connection is a potential door in my infrastructure and can obviously copy all my data without permission.

No, it isn’t and can’t.

[AudriusButkevicius]

Why can’t people read the FAQ

[odin (Herbert Snorrason)]

Unfortunate as it is, my experience is that people at least as often as not skip FAQs, assuming that their question isn’t common.

What strikes me as odd is this:

@gammaburst

can obviously copy all my data without permission

How do you get to there from just knowing there’s an established TCP connection?