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mtalk.google.com

john3419
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I keep seeing this show up as a domain in my report.  As far as I know, no one has google talk on their devices.  Is there any other google service that uses this?  Also I am seeing about 30 or so request a day, so does that mean that it is being used this much, or does it just randomly try to connect like other services?

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rotblitz
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Why do you think that this service is being used?  No, your thinking is wrong.  What you see in your OpenDNS stats is your DNS traffic, i.e. what domains have been looked up in DNS to obtain e.g. their IP addresses or other information.  It is in no way a log about what connections have been made or what services have been used.  DNS is the phone book of the internet, not the phone lines.  Also, DNS lookups are normally not raised by human users, but by networking programs within your network.

The most likely culprit may be web browsers with DNS prefetching enabled.  This looks up every domain it finds at any web page, regardless of  if it ever will be connected to.  You may be able to disable DNS prefetching in browsers to eliminate this noise.