[reemas]

little snood always pops up a warning that configd is trying to connect to some port.

what is it and what is it doing?

thanks.

[Dr. Smoke]

Originally posted by reemas:
little snood always pops up a warning that configd is trying to connect to some port.

what is it and what is it doing?

thanks.

Do you mean Little Snitch?

The configd process is primarily responsible for dynamically managing your network configuration. A more detailed explanation can be found here on the Apple Developer Connection.

The purpose of Little Snitch is to alert you to any attempt by a process (including applications) on your computer to establish a network connection. This can alert you to things like applications "phoning home" or the presence of spyware, for example.

You can tailor it to ignore messages from "good" applications. Consult its documentation.

[reemas]

little snood. thats funny/

yeah i meant little snitch.

i'm lookign into configuring it to allow good apps like you said. thanks!

[Turnpike]

Yeah, I started getting alerts about this, too. Only since I moved into a dorm, and it always tries to connect to the residential network server.

Now, I know I can just set Little Snitch to always allow this connection. A couple questions:

Can configd send any data besides that absolutely necessary for the network? Aside from the case of a hacked binary, is it ALWAYS "safe"?

What happens if it can't connect? I've denied it before (even several times in a row with the "until quit" option) and can't see any ill-effects.


Basically, is this something I should let connect to all servers, or just my University server?

[reemas]

Can configd send any data besides that absolutely necessary for the network? Aside from the case of a hacked binary, is it ALWAYS "safe"?

What happens if it can't connect? I've denied it before (even several times in a row with the "until quit" option) and can't see any ill-effects.

i'm wondering the exact same thing. seems to be safe but i'd want to know for sure.

[proton]

If you trust Mac OS X, then configd is fine -- it is an integral part of Mac OS X. If you don't trust Mac OS X, well you might as well give up now.

You can read the source for configd and see exactly what it does here:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/darw.../configd-84.6/

- proton