Re: OmniWeb acting as a server and listening for connections?

This is for license checking. On launch OmniWeb checks the local  
network for other running copies. If it finds one using the same  
licenses and there are no available seats, it starts up in unlicensed  
mode.

-Troy


On Nov 7, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Tim Pritlove wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have been running OmniWeb on Leopard now for a couple of days. I  
> have my system running with the new application firewall blocking  
> all incoming connections with the exception of a few server programs  
> I am running (like Nicecast).
>
> Today, the system presented me with the question if I want to allow  
> incoming connections for OmniWeb.
>
> My understanding of the new application firewall is that it is based  
> on TrustedBSD's Mandatory Access Control and can prevent programs  
> from receiving network traffic completely without the need to block  
> individual ports. It can simply shut down incoming network access.  
> Furthermore, Leopard signs the application's code at the time of  
> confirmation to prevent modified copies to inherit access rights  
> given to another version.
>
> So my impression is that OmniWeb has indeed requested a network  
> socket to listen on. This is something I would not expect from a web  
> browser. So the question is: why is this happening?
>
> I think this is highly suspicious. Unfortunately the firewall does  
> not come up with any further explanation why it thinks the program  
> wants to accept incoming connections. So I am mostly in the dark  
> here. Can anybody shed some light on this?
>
> Greetings
> Tim
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