Bruce Mann
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Q: Little Snitch intercepted "Noticeboard wants to connect to swscan.apple.com" Legit?

I have Little Snitch monitor for new connection requests. For the first time, something called "noticeboard" is trying to connect to swscan.apple.com. I assume (hope) this is legit since swscan.apple.com is used for upgrades. But I've never seen it before. I've searched high and low and cannot find what "noticeboard" is.  I assume it's some inner workings of the OS, but would love to know for sure. Thank you.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Mar 14, 2014 6:12 PM

by Bruce Mann,Solvedanswer
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Thank you all for your comments. My original concern was simply whether the communication related to Noticeboard was legitimate (i.e. Apple). Regardless of whether it is a GOOD communication, or something desired or not, I'm now convinced that it is legitimately an Apple thing and not non-Apple malware of some sort. My question was answered and again, thanks to all.

Posted on Mar 31, 2014 1:39 PM

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  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Apr 4, 2014 12:12 PM in response to eric97
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    Apr 4, 2014 12:12 PM in response to eric97

    eric97 wrote:

     

    What category (or categories) would you recommend filing it under?

    Technically it's part of the Mac App Store, so that would put it under "Software/Firmware Update".

  • by eric97,

    eric97 eric97 Apr 4, 2014 1:17 PM in response to MadMacs0
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    Apr 4, 2014 1:17 PM in response to MadMacs0

    MadMacs0 wrote:

    Technically it's part of the Mac App Store, so that would put it under "Software/Firmware Update".

     

    OK, sent. Do you think it would be worth filing a radar about as well, or do those just go to the same place as the feedback form does?

  • by MadMacs0,

    MadMacs0 MadMacs0 Apr 4, 2014 3:24 PM in response to eric97
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    Apr 4, 2014 3:24 PM in response to eric97

    eric97 wrote:


    Do you think it would be worth filing a radar about as well, or do those just go to the same place as the feedback form does?

    Yes, it would always be worth filing a Developer Bug Report as these get tracking numbers, allow additional information to be provided and get more attention than the feedback forms do, even if by some chance they end up in the same place.

  • by David Cun,

    David Cun David Cun Feb 2, 2015 3:27 PM in response to MadMacs0
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    Feb 2, 2015 3:27 PM in response to MadMacs0

    I know this is from a long time ago, but...FYI...

     

    I just walked up to my puter and saw that it had awakened from sleep on its own.  I said to myself, "Hmmm.  Why'd it do that?"  I checked Console, and...

     

    2/2/15 4:19:21 PM Noticeboard[1358] Noticeboard: Launched, starting NoticeboardUpdateOperation

     

    2/2/15 4:19:22 PM Noticeboard[1358] Noticeboard: NoticeboardUpdateOperation failed. Terminating.

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