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Post Mac Update Client Updates With Wrong IP Address
by Buadhai on Friday, July 9, 2021

I'd really like to know how your Mac update client determines my IP address.

If I'm using a proxy or a VPN, your update client updates my domain with the address of the proxy/VPN. Maybe that's what you want, but it's not very helpful.

For example:

Here's my real IP address:

MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ /usr/bin/dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com
101.51.3.84


Here's the IP address that your client used to update my domain:

2021-07-08 12:17:14 IP address update initiated.
2021-07-08 12:17:14 Updating IP address for username Buadhai.
2021-07-08 12:17:29 Server response: Good
2021-07-08 12:17:29 [good] IP address updated.
2021-07-08 12:17:29 Current IPv4 Address: 51.75.215.63


And here's the result:

MrMuscle:~ mnewman$ dig +short korat.myddns.rocks
51.75.215.63


This is not useful because the IP address is not routable. If I try to connect to my home machine from outside the LAN it fails:

pi@raspcondo:~/webcam $ ssh -p 10000 mnewman@korat.myddns.rocks
ssh: connect to host korat.myddns.rocks port 10000: Network is unreachable

pi@raspcondo:~/webcam $ dig +short korat.myddns.rocks
51.75.215.63


But, if I use what I know is my real IP address, I can connect:

pi@raspcondo:~/webcam $ ssh -p 10000 mnewman@101.51.3.84
Last login: Thu Jul 8 12:12:58 2021
MrMuscle:~ mnewman$


How can I stop your update client from updating my domain using a proxy/VPN IP adderess?

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