Thanks, I just pulled the hardware for that old school feeling I was trying to get. Sorry I bothered to ask!
LOL. that is a funny post.
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I want my 2011 MBP off the internet. Entirely. For good. No internet.
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LOL. that is a funny post.
LOLOLOL. They are just words aren't they. Well we've tried to improve your knowledge and explain...shame us lowly armchair geniuses know so little about the "real" world...at least you now understand Word is on your machine and not on the internet...don't you?
Try and be a little less arrogant and insulting of others, it'll help.
What your posts indicate is that you may not understand that there are multiple applications in the world use port 2222.
The site you're looking at (http://www.speedguide.net/port.php?port=2222) is showing you a list of all of the applications they know of that use that port.
It's up to you to figure out if any of those apps actually apply in your situation.
Regarding Rockwell CSP2, I know the description on that site mentions TROJANS and BackDoors (two terms that really seem to have your attention), but if you further research the description, none of it seems to apply to your situation. The 3rd paragraph talks about one variant being an .EXE. Macs don't run EXEs, Windows computers do. Doing a Google for "rockwell CSP2 Mac OS X" turns up zero information about this affecting Macs.
So scratch that off the list and go to the next one. DirectAdmin. Quick Google seems to indicate that this isn't applicable to Macs, not that it was a bad thing. Apparently this application (on Linux) runs on port 2222 for admin functions. Not applicable to your situation.
The third entry for port 2222 shows this:
Microsoft Office OS X antipiracy network monitor (unofficial)
Doing a Google search about that turns up information about how Microsoft, in an effort to prevent people from installing one licensed copy of Microsoft Office on multiple computers in their house/office, has the Office programs broadcast out (across the local network) the license key, and takes some sort of action (shuts an app down?) if it seems multiple apps on different computers using a product key that's for individual use.
Hmmm, this seems to directly apply to your situation.
Office programs are going to make outgoing transmissions to broadcast on your local network, and they're also going to listen for replies on your local network. So you've got the potential for both outgoing/incoming packets, even if your local network isn't connected to the Internet.
Oh, I thought I mentioned that Word was trying to access through UDP Port 2222 Rockwell CSP2 through a numerical internet address on my machine right after I got a pinged update for another app. Sorry I guess I explained that to other MR members via PM.
That website lists 9 different applications that could potentially use port 2222. So it's just called "port 2222".
Rockwell CSP2 is simply one of the possible applications that could use this port.
Word (under "Microsoft Office X anti piracy network monitor (unofficial) is another application.
In your case, Word was the app using it the port.
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From my screenshot:
"Word wants to connect to (numerical internet address) on UDP port 2222 (rockwell-csp2)"
I get no prompt when the hardware is removed.
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Oh, I see what you're saying.
Anyhow, UDP port 2222 on your Mac has absolutely zero correlation the actual rockwell-csp2 service, or any of the applications/trojans/backdoors that also utilize the same port, other than the Microsoft Office OS X anti piracy one that's included with the version of Word that you're running.
Right. My question remains, why would I be getting this prompt if airport/bluetooth cables were pulled and airport was turned off?
You were told so many times, you're really not getting it are you?
Word, the software you're using as a word processor has built in outgoing requests and checks for numerous things, piracy, updates, etc. It's just trying to connect to fetch updates or validate your software.
Uninstall Word and you will not receive those prompts. That is literally your only solution.
Word, the software you're using as a word processor has built in outgoing requests and checks for numerous things, piracy, updates, etc. It's just trying to connect to fetch updates or validate your software.
Uninstall Word and you will not receive those prompts. That is literally your only solution.
Even if you turn off Airport and your ethernet port, a local type of networking (called loopback) that doesn't require any physical cards to be active continues to run.
Open up Terminal on that Mac and issue this command to see all networking interfaces:
ifconfig
If you see one that looks like below, that's loopback. I just turned off all 8 of my physical network interfaces on my Mac (to test this), and loopback continues to run.
You are not understanding or I did not spell it out correctly. Only when ALL the hardware is pulled do the prompts stop. When just the cables are pulled, I get the Word prompts. This implies that Word is being prompted by an open connection somewhere in between just pulling the cables or going in and pulling out all the hardware completely.
Do what you want to do, if the prompts are gone, then you have found your solution. Or just ignore the alerts, you seem very paranoid.
Okay -- but JFYI no prompts when all the hardware is removed. None. Only got the prompts with the cables pulled but hardware intact.
I knew the solution was pulling absolutely all of the hardware, I was surprised that this was the only solution and surprised at the tenacity of Word and other apps to hook up to the internet.
Surprised at the desperate tenacity of outside vendors trying to access our machines.
...When I thought just a little elbow grease would put a stop to it.
That's because there is no hardware available for the software to attempt the networking.
Nope
Word still looks for port 2222 at launch, as it is designed. Now, removing the hardware, you simply ended up by disabling Little Snitch, as it has nothing to look for, and can't see that Word still looks for that port.
Much easier (from the start), would be, after turning the interface OFF, then uninstall Little Snitch.
And, no more (bogus) reports
Word still looks for port 2222 at launch, as it is designed. Now, removing the hardware, you simply ended up by disabling Little Snitch, as it has nothing to look for, and can't see that Word still looks for that port.
Much easier (from the start), would be, after turning the interface OFF, then uninstall Little Snitch.
And, no more (bogus) reports
Interesting. So it is part of Word to look for an open port. I thought it was being prompted by an open portal. I was stumped that there was any open "portal" or "port" at all after pulling part of the hardware.
So Little Snitch was actually doing its job and there were open internet ports even though I disabled and turned off some of the hardware.
Again, what I remain amazed about is the tenacity of outside vendors to access our machines... I thought just a little elbow grease would turn it all off.
Not so. Thanks for your response.
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No, not exactly.
LS, as far as I know, doesn't check to see if ports are actually working. Network ports are software generated, after all.
Word tries to access port 2222. LS reports it, even if the connection to the port can't work because of a software configuration (interface turned off)
So, in your case, after turning off interfaces, uninstalling LS would be your final fix. If you have no connection on that Mac to internet, not even a local network connection to a printer, then LS has no value to you on that Mac. Uninstall LS, and be good!
LS, as far as I know, doesn't check to see if ports are actually working. Network ports are software generated, after all.
Word tries to access port 2222. LS reports it, even if the connection to the port can't work because of a software configuration (interface turned off)
So, in your case, after turning off interfaces, uninstalling LS would be your final fix. If you have no connection on that Mac to internet, not even a local network connection to a printer, then LS has no value to you on that Mac. Uninstall LS, and be good!
Just for s----- and giggles, I'm keeping LS. My problem was I could not understand how there were any portals open with a minimum of hardware disconnects.
Remain amazed how tenacious outside vendors are to access our machines.
I guess in this case, Microsoft might say that they're amazed at how people tenaciously pirate their software -- and want it to stop!
At least in the case of Word, the open/listening ports were only for use on the internal network.
As long as your computers are connecting to the Internet through a router, and you haven't specifically enabled port-forwarding (or uPNP) on that router, having an open/listening port on your Mac is not enough to allow anyone from the outside Internet to connect to your Mac.
One of the funnier threads this one lol. OP there is a difference between "trying" to access the internet and actually accessing it. If you have your ethernet cable unplugged and wifi turned off the computer cannot access the internet. Many apps will TRY to "phone home" to see if there are updates ect even if the computer has no internet connection.
I guess in this case, Microsoft might say that they're amazed at how people tenaciously pirate their software -- and want it to stop!
At least in the case of Word, the open/listening ports were only for use on the internal network.
As long as your computers are connecting to the Internet through a router, and you haven't specifically enabled port-forwarding (or uPNP) on that router, having an open/listening port on your Mac is not enough to allow anyone from the outside Internet to connect to your Mac.
What's the Microsoft "internal network"?