Gnucash 2.4.0 (Windows)

[Mortimer]

On 12/30/2010 18:23, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, December 30, 2010 7:54 pm, Mortimer wrote:
>> On 12/30/2010 17:25, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Have you checked whether it's actually trying to get out onto the
>>> Internet
>>> or just accessing the local host via 127.0.0.1?
>>>
>> As I asked in a different message, what difference does it make?
> It makes a LOT of difference, which is why we're asking the question.
>
>> 1. 127.0.0.1 is not my "address"
> Actually, yes, 127.0.0.1 *IS* your address.  127.0.0.1 is "localhost",

Ok. I never knew that before as everyone has always told me that my
"address" (locally) is 168 etc..

> That's what I'm trying to ascertain. If it's calling 127.0.0.1, then it
> is just trying to contact another process on the local machine, and
> windows is putting it through a different path.  This is the crux of the
> ORBIT bug.
>

I thought I had answered yes before. Yes according to the firewall it is
trying to connect to 127.0.0.1

>> 3. I do not know 127.0.0.1, I do not know what information is being
>> passed to/from that address, I wish to block ALL traffic between gnucash
>> and 127.0.0.1. Doing so makes gnucash 2.4.0 worthless
> Well, if you don't want to talk to yourself I suppose that is your
> prerogative.  The fact that microsoft hides localhost from its users is

Well as I had stated I had no idea that "localhost" was 127.0.0.1.
Everytime I had heard of local host before it was called just that,
localhost.

Perhaps if you had stated that 127.0.0.1 was the same as localhost in
your previous message......