Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this bug a security issue,
broadcasting the user's machine name to the external network? It seems
that information would assist an external attacker.

Not to mention a privacy issue - do the ISP and DNS provider need to
know I'm opening a document?

This kind of rogue network access is why people have been asking for
application-specific firewall protection in linux for years.

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OOo opens very slowly a first document in Lucid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/592176
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