Before OOo attempts to open a connection, have a clear and concise message
appear notifying the user that in-fact, a connection to sun is about ot be
established and that their firewall may inform them that they may need to clear
security provisions to allow OOo to communicate teh error report, so taht sun
can improve the product.
Also notify the user that the name of the error report tool is CRASHEPP.EXE(for
windows), and that this file will only attempt access afer an OOo crash. If
un-usual behavior in the error report tool is noticed, to notify SUN by some
means as noted in the error report screen.
Hmmm. I hope that helps
Rigel
--- Lars D. Nood�n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It depends on what warning or error message the firewall is reporting.
>
> It is a misunderstanding in that there is a world of difference between
> monitoring all web activity and reporting a crash.
>
> I haven't seen OOo crash (have been using 1.1.4 for OS X heavily), so I
> can't say what goes on. However, if there isn't already a dialog, then
> the crash could spawn a dialog asking the user if it is ok to report the
> bug -- before trying to open any ports.
>
> There are at least two problems. One is the misinterpretation of the bug
> report. Another is the spread of misinformation/urban legend. Maybe a
> third is the behavior of the crash report.
> -Lars
> Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP:
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>
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Alexandro Colorado wrote:
>
> > This is NOT a missunderstanding OOo DOES look to communicate with Sun
> Servers
> > and the firewalls do warn the user about it.
> > The firewall is doing it's job.
> >
> > --
> > Alexandro Colorado
> > Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish
> > http://es.openoffice.org/
> >
> >
> > Mensaje citado por "Lars D. Nood�n" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Alan Madden wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>> Regardless of whether a program is trustworthy or not, I would not
> >>> trust a company/firewall where you could 'buy' a bypass for your
> >>> application.
> >>
> >> Nor do I, but that is my understanding of how these things work.
> >>
> >>> Ultimately though, the implication of spyware is absolute nonsense.
> >>> Not only is it entirely untrue and unfounded;
> >> [..]
> >>
> >> Yes, but the potential for misunderstanding needs to be addressed in a
> >> proactive manner. There's also a bit of cognitive dissonance going on as
> >> well. MS products have lots of monitoring and backdoor-like behavior.
> >> However, the public seems jaded in regards to that.
> >>
> >> -Lars
> >> Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> >> Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP:
> >> http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN
> >>
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