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Yikes!! Stanford calling my computer!!

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Sailfish

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What the hell is this? I though Folding is supposed to be working offline and when finished then sending it's results when I'm online?

I got a attempted dial-in and after further narrowing down it was my Folding@home attempting to also reestablish a connection to the Stanford server.

Is Folding@home creating a backdoor for anyone to access?

What the hell is this business?

Someone hacked the Folding app?
 
It could simply be that it was unable to return results earlier and it was trying again after 6 hours.
 
Sometimes the servers are down.

there are 2 times it (tries) to connect to a server.

Downloading a new WU or core

Uploading the results.

anything else... well there is nothing else.
 
Well I'm experiencing some kind of strange behavior, attempted dial outs before the WU is finished and attempted dial-ins.

I was under the impression it downloaded a WU, finished it and asked for more. Not try to dial out beforehand.

Well I'll keep a eye on it, it's isolated machine anyway, still don't want it hacked. Smart boys at Stanford, hacking away in their computer labs. ; )
 
Originally posted by Sailfish
Smart boys at Stanford, hacking away in their computer labs. ; )
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I seriously doubt anyone in the Pande Group is interested in hacking into your machine. You have other issues.
 
Seti and Folding both call out prematurely I've noticed before a WU is finished.

Was a bit upsetting on a voice line, got a phone call I guess at the same time Folding was prematurely dialing out.

No big deal, just raised my paranoia.
 
Originally posted by Sailfish
Seti and Folding both call out prematurely I've noticed before a WU is finished.

Was a bit upsetting on a voice line, got a phone call I guess at the same time Folding was prematurely dialing out.

No big deal, just raised my paranoia.
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I don't use a dial out connection so I could be off the mark here but...

I suspect this is OS X trying to establish an IP connection for a requesting application, in this case it would be the folding and seti apps.

I did see settings in the network preference panel for modem and PPP that would prevent a connect on demand.

Regards
 
Just a update, the time and date were off on my dedicated folding machine, that was creating considerable problems and Folding was trying to call "home" all the time.

I must have received a incoming phone call while Folding was trying to dial out.

I've shut down the Lombard, it was completing a Seti WU every 28-29 hours, not really worth wasting the electricity and generating heat.

I got a folding running on the eMac 800.

But my real workhorse is my Dual G5 2 ghz, whacking out a Seti every few hours and a Folding every few days.

I just can't wait to get a Dual 3 ghz G5 this summer.

I'm addicted to the power.
 
Originally posted by Sailfish
I've shut down the Lombard, it was completing a Seti WU every 28-29 hours, not really worth wasting the electricity and generating heat.
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I don't know about the electricity, I never noticed much of a difference on my electric bill, but I do agree on the heat issue. I don't fold on my PowerBook, only the desktops, for this very reason.

It's almost like grabbing a frying pan by the wrong end. 😀 I hate it when I do that...
 
Yea I kept open and raised to allow air flow, it has a smashed screen so it was mirrored to a TV, so I used the display off feature.

It was running just fine for months without ever having to do anything except having to jump off my dial-up if I heard it calling out.

But I got the EyeTV and ATI remote package for my 23" and really don't need that bulky TV hogging up space anymore.

I'm shopping for a nice 50+ large screen which I'll hook up to the G5 and mount over my setup.

I can't wait to get it all together and post pictures online.

Oh Santa? You listening? : )
 
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