Derek Atkins wrote: > Wm Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> I just installed my freshly built gnucash-2.2.1 on Centos-5. While >>> installing gnucash-docs, it tries to contact xml DTD repositories. >>> Is that what is happening on windows? > > I don't think so. This has to do with Gconf/Orbit, not Gnucash > or GnuCash-docs. I suspect that this would happen with ANY gtk+ > application that installed gconf too. > >> I honestly don't know, but don't think so, since this has to do with >> configuration settings. I think someone smarter than me needs to find some >> Windows machines without gnucash installed, and run and trap the access as >> closely as possible, ideally to code that can be read. When your firewall >> asks you whether to allow the external connection, the application freezes >> at that point until it gets a response - are there analyzers that could >> tell what code was running at that point? > > Well, there's always 'gdb' to figure out where in the code you are. > >> I'm concerned because there is no notification of the access and without a >> good external firewall most people would not know about it, and as per the >> bug trail if the external access is not allowed then the configuration >> settings and application aren't usable -- for example the installer will >> not work on Internet disconnected computers because the external >> communication is a requirement of operation. > > I think it's unlikely to be a virus, although it's possible. Can you > run a network analyzer and see what protocol the connection is making? > I'm wondering if the person who built the gconf or orbit package > somehow included their own IP address in the binary and therefore it's > trying to "phone home" in terms of trying to reconnect back to already > running gconf instances? > > I just find this very very odd. > > -derek >
I have modest technical skills, but my input is limited to that of a user in this area, and will have to look for help from someone that can test on a new machine without previous installs. I doubt it's a "phone home" because the IP was different in my and Manuel's case. It is very odd. Basically, it shouldn't be happening. I really hope that it is not a virus. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
