There will be changes coming in the 1.4 time that will limit some of this if networking is not enabled, but I agree with Zac that firewalling yourself to is a bit odd for a desktop. :)
Chris On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Zac Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Remo, > > Unfortunately no. It's the only way to handle sandboxing requirements on > the Mac in any sane way is support the GNTP protocol over TCP on localhost. > > It's a little icky to try and firewall your loopback adapter. You don't > gain a lot by doing that since you are only preventing yourself from > accessing yourself. You are in for a lot of pain doing that since it's > fairly common. > > Zac > > -- > Zac Bowling > > > On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Remo wrote: > > I am using Growl 1.3.1 in conjunction with a firewall app called > TCPBlock. Apparently all Growl notifications involve a network > connection to/from the loopback address (127.0.0.1). This, > unfortunately, means that for every Growl notification, I get 2 pop- > ups: one from the app trying to notify and one from the firewall > notifying of an incoming connection. Is there any way for Growl to > work without making a network connection? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
