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Adam Funk
Aug 20, 2015, 6:30:04 AM8/20/15
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Hi,
I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
24 devices removed (good-bye!)
device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
(repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...]
bits)
16 new devices added
There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this
service or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the
daemon in '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do
the messages tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they
only just started appearing?
Thanks.
--
Avoid socks. They are the fatal give-away of a phony
nonconformist. --- Elissa Jane Karg
I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
24 devices removed (good-bye!)
device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
(repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...]
bits)
16 new devices added
There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this
service or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the
daemon in '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do
the messages tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they
only just started appearing?
Thanks.
--
Avoid socks. They are the fatal give-away of a phony
nonconformist. --- Elissa Jane Karg
Adam Funk
Aug 21, 2015, 10:45:05 AM8/21/15
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On 2015-08-20, Roger Bell_West wrote:
> On 2015-08-20, Adam Funk wrote:
>>There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this
>>service or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the
>>daemon in '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package?
>
> $ aptitude show minissdpd
>
> MiniSSDPd is a small daemon used by MiniUPnPc (a UPnP control point
> for IGD devices) to speed up device discoveries. MiniSSDPd keeps
> memory of all UPnP devices that announced themselves on the network
> through SSDP NOTIFY packets. MiniSSDPd also has the ability to handle
> all SSDP traffic received on a computer via the multicast group
> 239.255.255.250:1900.
>
> So are you using UPnP? If not, you might as well purge that and
> miniupnpc, libminiupnpc8, python-miniupnpc, etc.
AFAICT, I'm not using UPnP, but I'm now wondering what all these
things are that it keeps discovering.
--
A heretic is someone who shares ALMOST all your beliefs.
Kill him. --- Ivan Stang
> On 2015-08-20, Adam Funk wrote:
>>There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this
>>service or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the
>>daemon in '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package?
>
>
> MiniSSDPd is a small daemon used by MiniUPnPc (a UPnP control point
> for IGD devices) to speed up device discoveries. MiniSSDPd keeps
> memory of all UPnP devices that announced themselves on the network
> through SSDP NOTIFY packets. MiniSSDPd also has the ability to handle
> all SSDP traffic received on a computer via the multicast group
> 239.255.255.250:1900.
>
> So are you using UPnP? If not, you might as well purge that and
> miniupnpc, libminiupnpc8, python-miniupnpc, etc.
AFAICT, I'm not using UPnP, but I'm now wondering what all these
things are that it keeps discovering.
--
A heretic is someone who shares ALMOST all your beliefs.
Kill him. --- Ivan Stang
Rob
Aug 21, 2015, 12:30:01 PM8/21/15
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deterministic system, like "ifplugd", "avahi-daemon", "minissdpd" and
probably even more. Those gadget are written by the people who want
to convert Linux into Windows, including the unreliability.
David
Aug 29, 2015, 2:06:33 PM8/29/15
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:20:47 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
> of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
> short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
>
> 24 devices removed (good-bye!)
>
> device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
> (repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...] bits)
>
> 16 new devices added
>
>
> There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this service
> or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the daemon in
> '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do the messages
> tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they only just
> started appearing?
>
> Thanks.
Is the Pi visible to the Internet?
> Hi,
>
> I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
> of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
> short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
>
> 24 devices removed (good-bye!)
>
> device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
> (repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...] bits)
>
> 16 new devices added
>
>
> There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this service
> or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the daemon in
> '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do the messages
> tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they only just
> started appearing?
>
> Thanks.
Just asking because I recently read of vulnerabilities in some routers
which were being exploited via SSDP.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/28/reflection_amps_drive_ddos_growth/
>
Not the one I read, but it does mention DDoS and the SSDP protocol.
Cheers
Dave R
--
Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box
Adam Funk
Sep 9, 2015, 11:30:05 AM9/9/15
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On 2015-08-29, David wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:20:47 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
>> of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
>> short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
>>
>> 24 devices removed (good-bye!)
>>
>> device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
>> (repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...] bits)
>>
>> 16 new devices added
>>
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this service
>> or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the daemon in
>> '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do the messages
>> tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they only just
>> started appearing?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Is the Pi visible to the Internet?
No.
> On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:20:47 +0100, Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been running a Pi with Raspbian & an external USB drive as a sort
>> of home server for about 2 months. In the past 2 or 3 days only, & in
>> short bursts, minissdpd has started putting stuff in the syslog like
>>
>> 24 devices removed (good-bye!)
>>
>> device not found for removing : uuid:[...]:urn:[...]
>> (repeated many times with some repetition & variation in the [...] bits)
>>
>> 16 new devices added
>>
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be much information on the WWW about this service
>> or what I would want to use it for. Should I just disable the daemon in
>> '/etc/defaults/minissdpd', or remove the package? What do the messages
>> tell me about stuff happening on my LAN? Why have they only just
>> started appearing?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> Is the Pi visible to the Internet?
--
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