Are web sites attacking us even AFTER we disconnect from them?
Can someone else verify (& perhaps explain) what's going on here?
My test:
- Set PeerGuardian (PG2) freeware to "Block HTTP"
- Point your browser to a suspect site such as formatting link
- Do you see many blocks of "Beyond The Network America, Inc"?
- Now press the PG2 "Allow HTTP" button (wait about ten or twenty seconds)
- Then press "Block HTTP" and you'll again see the blocked connections
- These blocked connections continue until you change your IP address
- Only then do these blocked connections cease to arrive
My hypothesis:
- The bad guys target your IP even after all communications cease.
- I presume they are looking for weak ports.
- When I change my IP address, they lose me & that's why it stops.
My question: What is going on? Are web sites attacking us even AFTER we disconnect from them? What are they trying to obtain from us? Why didn't my firewall stop this (why does PG2 only stop this)?