Private Network Referrers

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    lovinglifeonearth · Member ·

    I found the following referrers on my STATS page today and am wondering who they are as Google cannot locate. They are:
    10.60.10.50:15871/cgi-bin/blockOptions.cgi?ws-session=1174902698 AND
    10.72.4.47:9014/authoverride.
    They are listed under Private Network. Does anyone know about these? Thank you in advance for your help.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    francisbob · Member ·

    IP Addresses that begins with 10 are private addresses (Like in a home or business network). They are untraceable because they’re not supposed to ‘exist’ on the internet.

    There is two options why this address was in your stats :

    1- A computer on the same network as the WordPress server is checking you out. Which could be nice, I guess =P

    2- Someone is probing your website and doesn’t want to be found, generally done by pirates/malware etc.

    If it’s option 2, and we’ll never know, do not be alarmed since WordPress.com is backed by security experts and flaws are updated automatically.

    Hope this helps !

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    lovinglifeonearth · Member ·

    Thank you francisbob for sharing your knowledge. No need to worry then. Have a wonderful weekend!

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    francisbob · Member ·

    Thanks, you too :)

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