Arlo is connecting to registration.ngxcld.com and advisor.ngxcld.com ?

[Siliconvalley]

Is there a particular reason why my Arlo is connecting to registration.ngxcld.com and advisor.ngxcld.com domains on startup?   These are listed as unknown category domains by my firewall and they are blocked by default.   Are these related to Arlo or did they recently change?  Never saw them in my logs before.  The IPs (54.171.42.232 and 52.24.43.216) look like they belong to AWS.

Security Dude checkin' things out.  Thanks in advance.

[Siliconvalley]

Netgear... Still no answer on this.  Please give more details and confirm if this is a required communications channel.

The domain comes up with no reputation and IP appears to be Amazon in Ireland.

I want to confirm this is Netgear authorized and isn't malware from the "Internet of Things" compromise since most vendors these days forget to actually secure their devices.

Thanks.

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go t
for detailed information.

Domain Name: NGXCLD.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 2
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com

Name Server: NS-123.AWSDNS-15.COM
Name Server: NS-1309.AWSDNS-35.ORG
Name Server: NS-1790.AWSDNS-31.CO.UK
Name Server: NS-980.AWSDNS-58.NET
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 01-mar-2014
Creation Date: 28-feb-2014
Expiration Date: 28-feb-2019

>>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 06:17:02 GMT <<<

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52.17.193.45 Whois

Registrar

Administered by ARIN

Whois Server

whois.arin.net

Status

LEGACY

Contact Email

Registrant

Amazon Technologies Inc.
410 Terry Ave N.
Seattle, WA 98109
UNITED STATES

[Schorschi]

Ok, I'm not from Netgear, but the "Arlo cloud" is actually the Amazon cloud, so no need to worry. I.e. Netgear is making use of Amazon's cloud services and paying them, so that the Arlo videos can be stored and downloaded from there.