I'm afraid that I can't answer your question. It only happened the first time I ran Open Office and I blocked the connection. I have searched my logs and can't find any reference to that occasion. ZoneAlarm has not reported any further attempt by Open Office to access the internet since I blocked it. Derek
"Andreas Kahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I do not know what exactly OOo does that alerts your Firewalls (I have > only the Mac-Version and cannot test other OSes). > But it could be possible that OOo just opens a local loopback > connection (to / from localhost) for some functionality (e.g. Base). > Such a connection would not be able to send or receive any data from > outside your computer, but it is considered as a network connection by > your firewalls anyway. > > To verify what kind of connection your OOo really sets up, please send > the exact message of your firewall. Please try to find out, to which > IP address does the connection go, which ports are opened. If your > message does not provide this information, try to read your firewall's > logfiles, look for a button indicating 'Details' or something similar. > > Regards > Andreas > > c.bell schrieb: >> why is open office 2.0 trying to access the internet everytime i >> open the program from the program list in windows xp. I am using >> zone alarm. it gives me a warning of suspicious activity with >> openoffice 2.0 trying t get on the internet. is this normal >> activity. if so why ? >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) > > iD8DBQFD+Eyp3wMBldQqmLkRAvuUAJ4ykbpV2AA9JA8DpPL/Vjuklb2c3gCgixpr > HVXq173faUP079a4GKbgldY= > =/rkB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
