Philip Chee wrote:
On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:44:36 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
In the process of doing clean install on new machine, I discover a
strange (and to me DISTURBING) behavior of SeaMonkey 2.0.8 and 2.3.1
when launched with the "-P" option.
It twice attempts to access the internet before it launches (once
before the Profile Manager widow is presented and once after desired
profile has been chosen). This is independent of whether SeaMonkey
was/will be in on/off line mode.
I discovered this as my firewall is also a new install and not yet
trained as to which programs a allowed internet access.
I consider any program that autoMAGICaly connects to have a
potential security flaw and a ACTUAL OPERATIONAL flaw - I have only
dial up access and automatic "updates" every-time I go online is a
nuisance.
Why is SeaMonkey attempting to connect?
It's trying to connect to the loopback address i.e. to connect back to
itself. If the IP address is 127.0.0.1 then that's the loopback.
DUH ;/ I didn't _think_ to check the firewall log.
Thank you.
How do I defeat it?
I don't recommend doing that. Certain things might not work.
Phil
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