Re: Opera as Server?

Sounds to me like it might be Opera Unite?

On 06/03/2010 20:31, Bart Hansen wrote:
> Starting with version 10 I have been getting alerts from my ZoneAlarm
> Pro firewall to the effect that "the Opera browser wants to accept
> connections from the Internet". These alerts arrive very sporadically,
> usually in bursts, and often days pass between bursts. At first I
> thought it might be the new auto update feature, but when I turned that
> off the alerts continued. Differing port numbers are associated with the
> alerts. I have consistently denied the alert requests, without incident.
>
> My ZoneAlarm program control setting for Opera does indeed call for a
> prompt when it acts as an Internet server. This is a parm that has not
> changed over the years.
>
> I have asked for help at the ZoneAlarm and Opera forums without getting
> a reply. Any ideas out there? Why might Opera now want to be a server?
>
> Thanks,
> Bart
>
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