When I connect to a VPN my Ubuntu laptop calls to an ip address BEFORE CONNECTING and the whois is:
inetnum: 185.125.188.0 - 185.125.191.255
netname: UK-CANONICAL-20151111
country: GB
...
organisation: ORG-CGL14-RIPE
org-name: Canonical Group Limited
country: GB
org-type: LIR
address: 5 New Street Square
address: EC4A 3TW
address: London
address: UNITED KINGDOM
What is this and why?? Why does Ubuntu check in to Canonical HQ when I connect to internet??
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My guess would be an online connectivity check. Most systems try and reach some domain to say if they have network or not. Would be a logical place for them to try.
Or NTP sync
Canonical is the company that create Ubuntu
I haven’t trusted Ubuntu since the Amazon ad debacle.
Wiped my drive, installed Debian, and haven’t looked back.
Fuck Canonical.
tcpdump that shit
DNS?
What exactly is the connection?
Sniff the packets and see if you can determine what the data is.
