lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agosuperfile - A pretty fancy and modern terminal file managerraw.githubusercontent.comimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imagesuperfile - A pretty fancy and modern terminal file managerraw.githubusercontent.comlemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoWhy is it making network connections when I run it?
minus-squarelemmyreader@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoDid you check what the connections are about ? Maybe it is only checking for new updates ?
minus-squareTherouxSonfeir@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoIt wanted to download a zip file. Apparently it was a theme. But, I’m not letting a local file manager talk to the internet randomly. If I want to update it, I’ll update it myself. Or, at least provide an option to enable it on first run. Uninstalled.
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.pubcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoGood to know. How do you test if a program makes network connections? Do you just open Wireshark and look at outgoing traffic?
Why is it making network connections when I run it?
Did you check what the connections are about ? Maybe it is only checking for new updates ?
It wanted to download a zip file. Apparently it was a theme. But, I’m not letting a local file manager talk to the internet randomly. If I want to update it, I’ll update it myself. Or, at least provide an option to enable it on first run.
Uninstalled.
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Good to know. How do you test if a program makes network connections? Do you just open Wireshark and look at outgoing traffic?