Any idea what 0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0 is?

[harryray2]

Looking at my Internet connections, a local and remote address of:
0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0
Has appeared. Any idea what this is please?
On one of the connections, instead of a number, CIFS is showing, I've no idea what this is either.

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[harryray2]

I just noticed that it's 0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0.com, the .com bit got chopped off.

What I don't understand is why it's showing as a local, and a remote address.

[void]

Check if you are resolving:

0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0.com

to:

localhost

in your hosts file.

[harryray2]

Thanks, Indeed I am, but it's strange, as this is also happens when I run Tor, which ignores the hosts file.
But the main thing that baffles me is why this has suddenly appeared, and why my computer is trying to connect to it.

[void]

Windows is not likely connecting to 0-0--------0.com

It's just Resource Manager being weird where the reverse DNS lookup for ::1 or 127.0.0.1 resolves to 0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0.com when it is present in your hosts file.

[harryray2]

Doesn't Tor normally bypass the hosts file?

[void]

That looks like the Windows Resource Manager in your screenshot.

Resource Manager will resolve ::1 or 127.0.0.1 to 0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0.com if it is present in your hosts file.

This doesn't have anything to do with TOR.
This isn't an outgoing connection.
It's a connection using the loopback adapter.

The Resource Manager is incorrectly reporting the address.



The following from a command prompt will show the correct address:
netstat -abn

You should see firefox.exe using a bunch of 127.0.0.1 connections.

[harryray2]

David, on the subject of Tor, do you have any idea of a way to get Tor to respect the hosts file, rather than bypass it?
I don't rally use Tor for privacy as such, but more of a way to access some sites that are blocked when using my usual Firefox browser.

[raccoon]

Just change (add) the first line in your hosts file to something else, like "localhost" with whatever null IP the rest of your hosts file is using.

[kazzybash]

Looking at my Internet connections, a local and remote address of:
0-0-----------------------------------------------------------0
Has appeared. Any idea what this is please?
On one of the connections, instead of a number, CIFS is showing, I've no idea what this is either.


Address connection.jpg

what kind of console/program is in use here (the screendump I mean)? Kind regards, Kazzy

[raccoon]

what kind of console/program is in use here (the screendump I mean)? Kind regards, Kazzy

My guess (maybe wrong) is CurrPorts by NirSoft.

[kazzybash]

thanks a bunch. Downloaded and in use