Comments on: Know What Programs Contact the Internet on Your Mac When It Happens http://svenontech.com/2006/07/07/know-what-programs-contact-the-internet-on-your-mac-when-it-happens/ The technology resource you can't resist! Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sven Rafferty http://svenontech.com/2006/07/07/know-what-programs-contact-the-internet-on-your-mac-when-it-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-40276 Sven Rafferty Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:32:29 +0000 http://svenontech.com/2006/07/07/know-what-programs-contact-the-internet-on-your-mac-when-it-happens/#comment-40276 Granted, you have to have some knowledge of some ports. But if you don't know, just do a Google search and you'll find what you need easy enough. As to the above example, this is the Apple "phone home" widget from 10.4.7. The all 9s for the IP address indicates more than one address is used. This would be a perfect example of not allowing a process to contact the Internet. Why does Apple to check if your widgets are Apple's site or not? Didn't seem to matter before. Granted, you have to have some knowledge of some ports. But if you don’t know, just do a Google search and you’ll find what you need easy enough.

As to the above example, this is the Apple “phone home” widget from 10.4.7. The all 9s for the IP address indicates more than one address is used.

This would be a perfect example of not allowing a process to contact the Internet. Why does Apple to check if your widgets are Apple’s site or not? Didn’t seem to matter before.

]]> By: Larry http://svenontech.com/2006/07/07/know-what-programs-contact-the-internet-on-your-mac-when-it-happens/comment-page-1/#comment-40261 Larry Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:06:31 +0000 http://svenontech.com/2006/07/07/know-what-programs-contact-the-internet-on-your-mac-when-it-happens/#comment-40261 Now all that's required is an encyclopedic knowledge of all the parts of the system that trigger Little Snitch. <blockquote> The application "dashboardadvisoryd" is attempting to contact 999.999.999.999 on TCP port 80. </blockquote> Wow! Is that good? Bad? If I say no, what will I be breaking? (P.S.: With Little Snitch you get ten seconds to figure ALL of this out.) Now all that’s required is an encyclopedic knowledge of all the parts of the system that trigger Little Snitch.

The application “dashboardadvisoryd” is attempting to contact 999.999.999.999 on TCP port 80.

Wow! Is that good? Bad? If I say no, what will I be breaking? (P.S.: With Little Snitch you get ten seconds to figure ALL of this out.)

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