Thanks, the Bonjour traffic seems to be locked on port 5353, while these are incrementing 1 port up at at time just the way a port scanner typically operates, but not really a full port scan as it seems to be limited to the 40,000 and low 50,000 range, which is why I’ve not been too concerned yet. Little Snitch is supposed to track down this exact kind of issue, and probably will, but having to go through all the traffic and label it as either good or bad is so Windows like, and something I was hoping to avoid with this new system, at least here right off the bat. That’s one reason I’m stalling, but I’ve also seen lots of complaints that the Little Snitch uninstaller doesn’t really fully remove it, and you have to jump down the command line and manually remove some things if I decide I don’t want to keep/pay for it. No big deal but as I said this thing is running great right now and I don’t really feel like monkeying with it, at all.
But thanks again for your quick response, I pinged Swordmaker as well in case he has any ideas.
You were saying — “That’s one reason I’m stalling, but I’ve also seen lots of complaints that the Little Snitch uninstaller doesn’t really fully remove it, and you have to jump down the command line and manually remove some things if I decide I don’t want to keep/pay for it. No big deal but as I said this thing is running great right now and I don’t really feel like monkeying with it, at all.”
Well..., if you want to test out some software, first, before deciding to buy it, you could test out Little Snitch and Clean App. I think Clean App will remove all of a program (if it works right, of course..., not always absolutely guaranteed, but it should work). I believe Little Snitch is fully functional for 30 days, but I may be wrong.
And.., if you wanted to get an operating version of Clean App, you can go the route of BitTorrent and to The Pirate Bay and get a torrent download of Clean App. I have bought all my programs, but there are times when I don’t want to buy without really testing something out, first. And so, that always works for me.
You can use “Transmission” for your BitTorrent client...
http://www.transmissionbt.com/
Be sure to activate the “blocklist” of IP numbers in the preferences panel of Transmission to eliminate a lot of “tracking sources” from your IP numbers, plus other bad sources.
I’ve never had any problems with Transmission or The Pirate Bay. They’ve got a Mac programs section there. Sometimes they are overloaded on their search function and it stalls, so I use Google to search their site, instead of their own search engine.
The Pirate Bay
http://thepiratebay.org/
Mac Applications section
http://thepiratebay.org/browse/302