RE: [webmin-l] Clicking BROADCAST FOR SERVERS - 4 unfamiliar items

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From: Prodos (Melbourne, Australia)
To: Alan Dobkin

Good morning.

Thanks for your reply ....

Prodos:
> > I went into a section called "Webmin Servers" where
> > there is a button called "Broadcast for servers".
> >
> > I clicked on that button and 4 items appeared:
> >
> > districthost.com:10000
> > server4.vectrahost.net:10000
> > gamelinkage.com:10000
> > deranet.com:47482
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what these are?
> > Are these supposed to be part of my server?
> > They are not domain names I'm familiar with.
>


Alan Dobkin
> Is your server in a co-location or data center facility?

No! It's just me. One person in one home office.


>  If so, these
> are probably other customers' Webmin servers running on the same
> network.

I see.


> The broadcast searches your local network for other Webmin
> servers, and apparently it found some.  If you are not supposed to have
> access to them (and you probably won't be able to log into them anyway),
> then you should delete them from your Webmin Servers list.
>

Okay, thanks. I'll delete them.

That they come up >> does it mean THEY have had access to my server?


Happy New Year,

PRODOS

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