To see what was causing these opened connections, I looked at the system log for 3 different hours at the top of the hour. The data is below. Does this make any sense to anyone? It has something to do with a registration code and the status of a contract. Can this processing, whatever it is, be shut down? Thanks in advance.
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4795]: (root) CMD (nethist_stats.lua)
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4797]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/get-api-crl)
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4791]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/rainbow_button_sync.sh)
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4798]: (root) CMD ( /usr/bin/notifier)
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4799]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/registration_code.sh)
19:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[4800]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/contract_valid.sh)
19:00:02 err server_uplink[]: Failed to download contract status
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17780]: (root) CMD (nethist_stats.lua)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17783]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/updater-supervisor -d --rand-sleep)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17776]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/rainbow_button_sync.sh)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17785]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/contract_valid.sh)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17782]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/get-api-crl)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17786]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/registration_code.sh)
20:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[17784]: (root) CMD ( /usr/bin/notifier)
20:00:02 err server_uplink[]: Failed to download contract status
20:00:36 err server_uplink[]: Failed to get registration code
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20989]: (root) CMD (nethist_stats.lua)
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20990]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/registration_code.sh)
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20985]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/rainbow_button_sync.sh)
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20992]: (root) CMD (/usr/share/server-uplink/contract_valid.sh)
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20991]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/get-api-crl)
21:00:01 info /usr/sbin/cron[20993]: (root) CMD ( /usr/bin/notifier)
21:00:01 err server_uplink[]: Failed to download contract status
21:00:34 err server_uplink[]: Failed to get registration code