Agreed. The only thing that should ever need the internet are the reCAPTCHA images for sign up and password reset. They require internet connectivity since they contact a 3rd party, otherwise nothing should need communication outside of out the UG system, especially when running the standalone.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not aware of any phone-home feature in Usergrid or the launcher, and I > don't (yet) see anything suspect in the launcher source code. > > Do you know what hostname, IP address and/or port is being opened by > Usergrid? > > - Dave > > > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 10:17 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> HI , I started using UserGrid over the last few weeks and Ive come across >> a problem that concerns me , I have turned internet off on the mac's with >> use for our development for security reasons and to stop our developer >> using un approved software sources any way I noticed that our team leader >> had been turing on internet for our team and when I asked why I was told >> that user grid won't run unless the internet is on when starting the >> launcher , so I tested this my self and its is correct. we are running the >> portal on a local server and the same with user grid but when you start the >> launcher if the system is not connected to the internet at the time you >> start it it will not let anyone log in so the only reason I can see this >> would be the case is so it can phone home and if that is the case that is a >> real problem I would not expect the Apache foundation to sponsor a project >> that sent information back to some one. so Why is this the case and is it >> sending my information to some undisclosed entity . >> >> >> Jason Kristian | Director | Apps 4 U Pty Ltd. >> ph: +61 075699 8109 >> mob: +61 0411 389 392 >> e: Jason Kristian (mailto:[email protected]) >>
