[notoriousformula]

Hey guys, i noticed app named "nmbd" making couple of strange connections today.. not sure what its communicating and why ..I only noticed them today when i started using Camino instead of Firefox browser.

any idea what its trying to do and whether it should be allowed ?

thanks

here are couple of screenshots i took >>

[vinster]

A google search on application nmbd brings up a lot of info about this issue. If you're not using Windows file sharing, then turn it off in system preferences.

[notoriousformula]

yes, thats my question.. why a Samba service would go calling random servers outside my Apple/Windows network??

[vinster]

Originally Posted by notoriousformula

yes, thats my question.. why a Samba service would go calling random servers outside my Apple/Windows network??

You actually have the scenario reversed, it's the outside clients that are trying to get into your network/computer. Your samba service is wanting to respond to those requests. A lot of this activity is attributed to MSN-chat spam.

A couple of things to try would be firewalling UDP activity related to samba (plenty of info. available on how to do this), disabling Windows file sharing, if you haven't already, or routing the traffic to your loopback address (a Google search will help you do this as well).

Good luck.