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Subject:	Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet
Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:57:17 -0500
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I don't know how to find out anything else about the address but I am told
it is a DNS server. According to this thread:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg00127.html from last year, Cygwin
is trying to get my hostname, and I want it to stop. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Joel



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thorsten Kampe" <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bash tries to connect to the internet


> * Joel (2004-03-21 14:49 +0100)
> > Hi, I just downloaded Cygwin yesterday, and Bash tries to connect to
> > the internet when I open it. ZoneAlarm stopped it though.
>
> Yes, /great/ piece of software...
>
> > I talked with the nice people at Perlmonks, who say they have never
> > had that happen. So I came here. When I open Bash, I get a message
> > from ZoneAlarm asking me if Bash can connect to the internet at
> > 199.166.219.2. Vim does the same thing, including the IP address. I
> > downloaded almost all of my packages from www.get-software.com
> > using the setup program before switching to the University of
> > Calgary mirror. Did I download hacked copies of the software?
>
> Did you try to find out what 216.75.188.50 is? It's a DNS server
> (name server) - probably the one you use for all queries.
>
> Thorsten
>
>
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