On 9 Apr 2005 at 16:17, Simon Troup wrote: > > You know what this means? They must be checking your MAC address. > > > What puzzling me is that she is not on broadband cable but phone > > > modem instead. When and how they are checking Finale auth host > > > machine is the myth. > > For practical and security reasons we use an OSX app called "little > snitch" that intercepts outgoing internet connections from > applications - they have to be granted permission to have access. > Finale doesn't ever attempt to communicate over the internet except > during online registration when you ask it to.
Er, "little snitch" is just a software firewall, a good thing to have on any computer where you want to control outgoing connections. > We originally got little snitch because apps wanted to dial out on the > 56k modem on the laptop all the time, but I'd also say it's peace of > mind against spyware etc. if it ever gets to OSX. Lots of "legitimate" software tries to phone home, and I block all of it from ever doing so. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
