cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14131393
Recently discovered the following two addresses in my DNS-filter,
26.26.26.1and26.26.26.2. How can I confirm that these belong to? These are both public-ip addresses but seems to be owned by the US Military?If I look at https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/26.26.26.2, it says it belongs to:
ISP: DoD Network Information Center Type: Military Country: US.
What does this mean? As far as I’ve researched, its got something to do with Socks protocol? This Github repo I found seems to be using it too, but why is it used? If anyone knows, id very much appreciate your help.
It is also used here alongside of Google’s 8.8.8.8 : https://github.com/bndeff/socksdroid/blob/master/app/src/main/java/net/typeblog/socks/SocksVpnService.java
Found this, five year old thread, see the comments : https://old.reddit.com/r/VPN/comments/9oxae7/shadowsocks_from_google_play_store_compromised/