OPENDNS Logging

[trockscee]

Hi, I noticed a local phone number in my opendns logs in the domain section.  My question is, was this a phone call that was made from a device utilizing a web based phone service like hangouts or facetime calling?  I see no other explanation why a phone number to a cell phone would be in my logs other than someone dialed the number with a web based phone application.

Thanx!

[rotblitz]

This is a networking application in your network raising this bad DNS lookup while using the phone number as domain name.  You can reproduce it manually:

nslookup 123456789

Three hours later you see it in your OpenDNS stats.  This could have been any malfunctioning app, not only a phone app.

[rotblitz]

What also could have happened is that a user entered this phone number into a browser's address line to e.g. perform a phone directory query.  This can easily trigger such a DNS lookup.