Hello. After installing Garuda, my PiHole began logging connections that are clearly coming from the new OS install. My questions are: For what reason is Gardua "calling home"? Why is it doing so in such quick repitition? If this "feature" is unneeded, how do I go about disabling these connections - aside from blacklisting via PiHole?
Connections are listed below:
Connection log sampling:
|2022-04-17 15:33:03|AAAA|ping.archlinuxDOTorg||Blocked (exact blacklist)|IP (1.0ms)||
|2022-04-17 15:33:03|AAAA|ping.archlinuxDOTorg|
2022-04-17 17:19:44 A addons.mozillaDOTorg OK, answered by localhost#5335 IP (477.4ms)
2022-04-17 17:19:45 | A | f.s.s.m.c.qjz9zk | OK, answered by localhost#5335 | NXDOMAIN (121.2ms) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022-04-17 17:19:45 | A | f.s.s.m.c.qjz9zkDOTlan | OK (cache) | NXDOMAIN (15.9ms) | ||
2022-04-17 17:20:37 A garudalinuxDOTorg | OK, answered by localhost#5335 IP (239.8ms) | |||||
2022-04-17 17:20:37 | AAAA | garudalinuxDOTorg | OK, answered by localhost#5335 | IP (335.6ms) | ||
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
2022-04-17 17:22:48 | A | ipapiDOTco | Blocked (gravity) | IP (1.0ms) | ||
2022-04-17 17:22:48 | AAAA | ipapiDOTco | Blocked (gravity) | IP (1.1ms) | ||
2022-04-17 17:22:50 | A | garudalinuxDOTorg | OK, answered by localhost#5335 | IP (3.7ms) | ||
2022-04-17 17:22:50 | AAAA | garudalinuxDOTorg | OK, answered by localhost#5335 | IP (3.9ms) |
Thoughts?
Thank you for any insights or assistance!
inxi
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 5.17.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=99e1b126-2b8d-4675-a5ea-49de8d34101d rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f:luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f
root=/dev/mapper/luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.3 info: latte-dock
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP ENVY Laptop 17m-ae0xx
v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 834D v: KBC Version 43.25 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: F.33 date: 08/26/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 19.1 Wh (45.9%) condition: 41.6/41.6 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 11.5 min: 11.6 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: N/A
Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:24E4.0007-battery model: ELAN2097:00 04F3:24E4
serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Amber/Kaby Lake note: check family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
stepping: 9 microcode: 0xEC
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3408 high: 3503 min/max: 400/3500 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 3502 2: 3503 3: 3500
4: 3130 bogomips: 23199
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
v: kernel ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5916 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 510.60.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:134d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Realtek HP Wide Vision FHD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 0bda:58e6 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x109d built: 2015 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 381x214mm (15x8.43") diag: 437mm (17.2")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:9d71 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.3-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.50 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0f1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:095a class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:6 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter note: tool can't run ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 4.21 TiB used: 2.72 TiB (64.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: T-FORCE 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: S6OA scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0710 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Expansion
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0710 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: SanDisk
model: Cruzer Glide size: 119.25 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.73 GiB (3.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 720 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.73 GiB (3.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.73 GiB (3.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
used: 14.73 GiB (3.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
mapped: luks-d8fe1bdc-4201-4fa2-bc7e-855d306be25f
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.38 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C pch: 35.0 C mobo: 38.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 233 Uptime: 21m wakeups: 3 Memory: 15.38 GiB
used: 3.35 GiB (21.8%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1980 lib: 567 Shell: fish v: 3.4.1
default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.15
Garuda (2.6.1-3):
System install date: 2022-04-17
Last full system update: 2022-04-17
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: NetworkManager
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Snapshots: Snapper
Failed units: