Always Online?

[David T.]

I don't see anyone directly addressing your concerns. I, a mere user of Gnucash (and a Mac one, at that!), will try to fill in some blanks...

Basically (as I understand it) some aspect of Gnucash (perhaps the gconf settings editor) makes use of the internal IP address of 127.0.0.1. This IP address on most computers is defined as a loopback device, and is entirely internal to the machine upon which it is accessed. Indeed, on most machines, this IP address is equated with "LOCALHOST".

For reasons that no one has been able to explain, some Windows installations do not have this equivalency, and so when Gnucash makes its request to 127.0.0.1, Windows (mistakenly) thinks that the program is attempting to access the Internet. On tightly-secured computers, this spurious Windows error kicks up warnings, and the user is left to believe that Something Evil is happening.

It's not. There is nothing being sent out behind your back. No one from Gnucash is stealing your data or feeding it to hackers.

For more gory details, try looking at the thread from late 2010/early 2011 that begins at: http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2010-December/037637.html

HTH,
David




________________________________
 From: Alice on the Lake <alicelist at comcast.net>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Always Online?
 

    Thank you both for your quick answers.  I would like to stop GnuCash from going
online each time I open it.  If you find the reference for how to do that, I would
appreciate your posting it.  
    As for Q3, it's not a question, just a statement of why I'm so fussy about not
wanting GnuCash to go online.  

Alice Harman, Attorney
(503) 390-6000
Direct Email: alice.harman at comcast.net



On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:46:18 +1000, you wrote:

>On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 04:24:37 -0700
>Alice on the Lake <alicelist at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>     I downloaded and installed GnuCash for Windows.  It always
>> wants to go online.  I cannot open the program unless I give the
>> *.exe file permission to go online.  Is this necessary?  
>> 
>>     What if I don't have online access at some times? 
>>     Where are my GnuCash filed stored? 
>>     What information does GnuCash receive from my computer?
>> 
>>     I am a lawyer, and I have to keep my accounting information
>> confidential.  So this is important to me.
>> 
>> Alice Harman,
>
>Q1 There is some documentation about this bad habit of Windows, but I
>can't find it in the FAQ this evening. I recall it can be stopped.
>Q2 Your data is stored on your computer (in a place which you set)
>Q3 I'm not sure what you mean. Could you rephrase the question?
>
>Liz
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