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      pfsensory
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      I have noticed that my Snort log shows a similar entry every morning at around 2:30- 3:00 am on my LAN interface (see screenshot below)

      The strange thing is that when I check DHCP leases, there is no listing for the source address of 192.168.88.20.  So I am not sure what is generating this alert

      Is this alert a false positive of some sort? Or is it something that I need to be concerned about?

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        pfsensory
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        I have answered part of my own question.  I used nmap to discover that the device in question is an Amazon Fire TV - not sure why it does not show up on the DHCP lease list.

        However, I am not sure if these alerts are something to be concerned about?  They seem to be DNS queries for a site with a .pw TLD.  I am not sure why an Amazon Fire TV would be trying to access such a domain.

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