Firewall blocked attempts to Google DNS

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  1. wat0114

    wat0114 Registered Member

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    Today I noticed in the firewall logs (using UFW set up as default deny out/in on linux) blocked attempts to remote UDP 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4, port 53. I wondered what these were and found they are Google DNS IP addresses. It's odd to me this would happen given I have not utilized this service, but I suppose this could just be Google being Google, doing things without user consent.
     
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    Which software was trying to resolve domains through Google DNS servers?
     
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    I'm not sure. I don't see any application or PID in the logs, although I suspect it's Chrome browser.

    *EDIT*

    I just set UFW logging to high, so I'll check again later when I have time.
     
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  4. minoka

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    It is chrome! I tested it a couple of days ago for a user (at OP's forum) who could not access gmail using chrome, but could using other browsers.
    Neither could I until I created a udp/dns rule for google dns servers...
     
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    Thanks for confirming, minoka!
     
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