Little Snitch Alert on Opening an MR Thread

[UKnjb]

Hi
Not sure if this is the correct place to post this --- sorry for any mistake. :)

Is this a common or worrying occurrence?

I clicked on the MR >Community Discussion > 2006 Tour de France Thread and, as soon as it opened, I got a Little Snitch alert that my browser, Shiira, wanted to connect to the site students.jmc.ksu.edu (presumably the students' area of Kentucky State University) on TCP Port 16080.

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None of the posts on the thread had any members that were obviously from KSU. Opening other threads don't give this alert.

I have cleaned up my machine (Panther 10.3.9) with Applejack and the 'problem' is still there.

Is there a known explanation for this? Thanks for any help/advice. : :) confused:

[balamw]

The picture in post #10 by Transic is linked from from ksu.

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[UKnjb]

Brilliant. Thanks. Because I had told Little Snitch to deny the reuqest, the image didn't get downloaded and I didn't see the image - didn't even notice that there was an image to see.

Many thanks for your prompt and kind help. :)

[lexus]

Is little snitch like a firewall?

[WildCowboy]

Is little snitch like a firewall?

Sort of...Little Snitch gives a good description on their site (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html). It's more informative than a conventional firewall, and is focused on outgoing traffic from your computer rather than incoming traffic.

[UKnjb]

Yup. Have a look at it here (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html). Its best feature is that regulates traffic from your computer (like in the example I used in my OP), especially useful in 'phone home' apps or whatever. It's an extra layer of security on top of your basic OSX firewall. :)

[lexus]

Ok thanks

[Doctor Q]

Sort of...Little Snitch gives a good description on their site (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html).An excellent product. I've used it and found it very helpful. It's surprising how much network activity goes on "behind your back."

[Transic]

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[WildCowboy]

Image question: Is there a forum preference to attach an image or point to one?

Here you go:

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[wmmk]

is there anything for the PC that does the same job as little snitch? my mom's peecee could use it.

[zv470]

is there anything for the PC that does the same job as little snitch? my mom's peecee could use it.

ZoneAlarm (http://www.zonelabs.com) is a reverse firewall like Little Snitch. =]