Changes between Version 79 and Version 80 of FAQ
- Timestamp:
- Jul 19, 2009, 9:50:14 AM (15 years ago)
Legend:
- Unmodified
- Added
- Removed
- Modified
-
FAQ
v79 v80 130 130 Some firewalls, such as PeerGuardian, block connections to certain corporate IP addresses as a way to prevent software from "phoning home" and violating your privacy. Our main rsync server is hosted by Apple Inc. Self updating requires an rsync connection to download files, but this will be blocked. In order to work around this, you need to temporarily disable or white-list rsync.macports.org. Another alternative is to use [wiki:Mirrors another mirror] that is not hosted by Apple. 131 131 132 The black list entry is all of Apple Inc's subnet, which is 17.0.0.0/8 , disable this or create a white-list exception for rsync.macports.org. PeerGuardian will filter your network connections even if it is not actively running as an application. It is possible to disable PeerGuardian before running a selfupdate command by typing the following command in Terminal, but make sure you stop all processes associated with PeerGuardian before doing this.132 The black list entry is all of Apple Inc's subnet, which is 17.0.0.0/8. Disable this or create a white-list exception for rsync.macports.org. PeerGuardian will filter your network connections even if it is not actively running as an application. It is possible to disable PeerGuardian before running a selfupdate command by typing the following command in Terminal, but make sure you stop all processes associated with PeerGuardian before doing this. 133 133 {{{ 134 134 sudo kextunload -b xxx.qnation.PeerGuardian 135 135 }}} 136 136 137 If you run LittleSnitch create a rule for rsync (/usr/bin/rsync) that allows connections to server hostname rsync.macports.org, port 873 (rsync), protocol 6 (TCP). Make sure the rule is enabled.137 If you run LittleSnitch, create a rule for rsync (/usr/bin/rsync) that allows connections to server hostname rsync.macports.org, port 873 (rsync), protocol 6 (TCP). Make sure the rule is enabled. 138 138 139 139 If getting through a firewall is not a possibility, there are other methods you can use which are a bit more manual: