IIRC, connecting to the loopback does cause false positives.  In fact, IDLE even notifies you not to be worried about the loopback when you fire it up :D

On 8/4/06, Brian Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
never underestimate the retardedness of personal firewall and security
applications on windows... :)

On 8/4/06, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think personal firewalls should care about ports explicitly
> opened on the loopback interface only... At least, it'd be retarded
> if they did.
>
> -bob
>



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Andrew Ulysses Baker
"failrate"

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