Good to know. Cheers.

Mensaje citado por Bernd Eilers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> Hi there!
>
> Alexandro Colorado wrote:
> > [... snip ...]
> > The behavior however that I couldn't explain was the one that happens when
> you
> > start OOo. Since I dont use any firewall I couldn't duplicate it and verify
> it,
> > but I did know people that duplicate and verify that OOo makes calls to the
> > internet (or scans for it) everytime it gets boot up. This was some time
> ago (1
> > year) so I am not sure if we have eliminate this unnecesarry behavior.
> >
>
> If I recall it correctly the reason for this was that OOo was just
> "only!" simply asking the system for it�s hostname on startup.
> Unfortunatly that system library call in turn on Windows caused the OS
> to initialize the internet connectivity with the ISP if it was not
> already online. Users than tought OOo would be trying to send something
> over the internet, as that was what it looked liked from the messages
> they got form their firewall, but that was not really true all OOo
> wanted was to get the hostname from Windows. I would blame it on the OS
> to not being able to answer that question without also having
> established a connection to the internet service provider.
>
> And YES, this "unnecessary" behavior has been eliminated in OOo a long
> time ago.
>
> >
> > --
> > Alexandro Colorado
> > Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish
> > http://es.openoffice.org/
> >
>
> Kind regards,
> Bernd Eilers
--
Alexandro Colorado
Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish
http://es.openoffice.org/


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