"Bogon" on the network?

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"Bogon" on the network?

Occasionally on my sidebar, under "Shared", either "Bogon" or "All"/"Bogon" appears. It doesn't look like another user, get info shows its on the network, kind: neighborhood. I can't eject it like other shared drives/users.

this was posted previously with no answers/solutions:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7565168&#7565168

there was a link to wiki about bogon and ip filtering but I'm not sure it's the same thing.

I have a closed/invisible airport network with WEP encryption.

Can anyone shed any light as to what this "bogon" is?

thanks

2.5 GHz MacBookPro / 4 gig ram, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Feb 16, 2009 2:15 PM

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2point5

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Feb 16, 2009 6:37 PM in response to os X-rated

This might help.
http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/

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os X-rated Author

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Feb 22, 2009 1:55 PM in response to 2point5

Thanks for the link... it's a bit complicated for me 😟
I don't do any "IP filtering"... at least not intentionally. I do use "Hot Shield" as a proxy and do log into a VPN occasionally; however, I have not noticed any connection between using proxy/VPN and when bogon shows up on my side panel.

Could there be some sort of script that runs occasionally?

thanks

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