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Last Login:20 Nov 2007 02:54

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Quicken 2007	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Ugh. This software is garbage. I think this is the most-hated major app on the Mac. (Version R2)		+1
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VLC Media Player	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Essential software, even though it is kind of clunky. And sometimes crashes. But, nothing else will play several of the video formats it supports. You need this in a pinch. I install it on every Mac. Even though the app kind of sucks, you will be grateful one day when you need to play some weird file. (Version 0.8.6c)		0
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LaunchBar	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE This is THE launcher for Mac. Some people like QuickSilver better, but you don't have to futz around with setting up LaunchBar. It just works. Great default settings out of the box. Very cool if you set up a lot of Macs for people. Essential. (Version 4.3.2)		0
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iGet Mobile	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Wow! Good stuff. Easiest set up for a secure SSL server I have ever seen. I hope they will add the automatic setup features to iGet (regular) as well. Great app. (Version 1.0.1)		0
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iGet	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Extremely awesome. Makes file transfer between Macs so simple and fast, yet its secure. One of the first installs I do when setting up a Mac. The "sixty second learning curve" is really not a lie. Best tool for secure transfers between Macs. (Version 2.6.2)		0
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Little Snitch	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Very good software. Necessary for security. Not to mention, there's virtually nothing else to compete with it that works. Still, they did nice job of the major 2.0 update. One of the first installs when setting up a Mac. (Version 2.0)		0
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Little Snitch

Dec 13 2007

OKIEHABU NetBarrier X4 does a very good job of notifying the user each time an app tries to call home. It can be set to generate a popup advisory complete with any OSX audio tone. SyndicationManager, an app running in the OSX 10.4 System folder, is a repeat offender; I finally got so tired of seeing popups alerting me to SM's frequent attempts to transmit packets OUT, and was being DENIED, etc., that I found its main repository in Macintosh HD/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Syndication.Framework and enclosed the SyndicationAgent app in a .zip-locked folder. I then had to delete the un-zipped original; but no more problems since. Dashboardadvisoryd is also a bit troublesome, so I did the same thing there, since I never use Dashboard anyway. Peculiarly, Mac Mail now has a little glitch where dragging an item from one place to another in the body of a message does not remove that item from its former position. One must be extra careful with editing because of this. As well, web pages now complete loading with the "X" remaining in the toolbar reload space, as opposed to displaying the reload icon. Clicking the X, however, bumps the process to completion so that the page can be reloaded, such as when js is required to view content. Another troublesome thing is the question of precisely what function port 47807 serves? Users who run a port scan (in Network Utility) on 127.0.0.1 will discover that P: 47807 is open. In Terminal, running netstat -an will reveal that 127.0.0.1 is listening on 47807. Listening for what? Does LittleSnitch know?
(Version 2.0.1)

Little Snitch

Nov 13 2008

RSBLANCHARD Yes, port 47807 is LISTENing on 127.0.0.1, and this is in the "Server" range, it being at, or below 49151 (3/4ths of the way to 65535). It is tcp4, which means, when ESTABLISHED, it is a full connection under IPv4 TCP.

IP=127.0.0.1 is a loop-back address, part of "localhost", so one would think that this is local to your machine.

However, this may NOT be the case, as "localhost" is also registered under two IPv6 addresses on your machine.

Furthermore, from all sources that I can find, port 47807 seems to be an unregistered port.

If anyone can tie this port to a particular process using a particular UNIX command, please let me know.
(Version 2.0.4)

Little Snitch

Nov 14 2008

RSBLANCHARD Little Snitch will probably NOT detect TCP port 47807 being served-up because it only detects OUTGOING traffic, and the outgoing destination port (which would be the originating port) could be something innocuous-sounding like port 80.
(Version 2.0.4)

Knox	Nov 20 2007	DELTA FARCE Knox is a good tool. It doesn't do much you could not do less conveniently with free tools. But it is affordable and polished, and most importantly its shinky icons and understandable terminology make it easy to explain basic security procedures even to the security challenged. One of the first ten apps I install when setting up a Mac. (Version 1.5.3)		0
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