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Hi,
This morning Safari tried to access configuration.apple.com on port 80
Question is, what Safari search on configuration.apple.com ?
Thanks
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
A properly constructed question would help - I apologise if your first language is not English.
I think this link should answer most questions about configuration.apple.com:
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/ilife06/topic4096.html
If you can't access configuraiton.apple.com on port 80, try turinng off the Firewall in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Firewall.
Thanks for answer,
My question is : what safari ask on configuration.apple.com ?
not a firewall problem, but a question about content of data transmitted during communication.
Software updates for one. Apple has to know what software you have installed in order to push updates.
The information is encrypted.
To neuville : don't apologise...
I feel this question is pretty simple.
When safari connect to port 80 to configuration.apple.com, what data (content) is transmited from configuration.apple.com to client ?
Why were you asking about a Safari search?
Did my link tell you what you wanted to know?
This link is related to iLife...
If you had read further you would have found:
I have noticed this too (while running LittleSnitch) that many applications request configuration.apple.com on port 80 (standard HTTP that can get through most firewalls unrestricted). Configuration.apple.com is a dynamic configuration server. Basically, it serves up configuration files for programs that may need to be fixed or changed, etc. to make the program work better or in a different way. As a software developer, i can see a great benefit from this since software ALWAYS has bugs.
Is this what you wanted to know?
I had read that part concerning Little Snitch...
And found a coherent solution while digging inside safari folder.
The file ~/library/Safari/Configurations.plist.signed is modified by this request.
Then "pico ~/library/Safari/Configurations.plist.signed" give more details about this file.
and finally "sudo tcpdump -A -vv -w ~/Desktop/config.pcap -i en1 tcp and port 80" when littlesnitch focus on "configuration.apple.com" give more clues concerning the packets (content)...
What have you concluded from all this?
That I should compile lynx...
Paranoia ?
You could add configuration.apple.com to your hosts file to inhibit its use. Google for instructions.
paranoia ? No. I don't use google,yahoo,bing search engine in toolbar...
Preserve network resources ? yes
Deny configuration.apple.com in /etc/host like
#############################
127.0.0.1 configuration.apple.com
#############################
is loss for other applications...
A great option would be the possibility to disable search in toolbar of Safari without touching the NIB, and without corrupting the signature of Safari...
I did it with a very simple nib mod mainly to get a long address box.
I do all my Google searches here:
Should be hosts and not host
Safari and configuration.apple.com
