[PD] PD/Norton conflict

IOhannes m zmoelnig zmoelnig at iem.at
Thu Mar 23 15:46:10 CET 2006


Jeph Wager wrote:
> Howdy everybody,

> understand why Norton would tihnk that. Is there any reason why PD would be
> communicating with an external server that would cause Norton to think that?
> 

hi.

pd is a 2-part application: a (dsp-)kernel, which does all the
calculations (not just dsp), and the gui-part, which displays the
objects and the like (this is the part you are interacting with)
these 2 parts are talking via a network connection to each other (this
is by design, so the gui can run on a different computer, or not at all)

this network communivation is the reason why "personal" firewalls are
often tricked into thinking that it is an illegal piece of software.
however, usually you can configure your firewall to allow certain
applications to use certain connections.

mfga.sdr.
IOhannes




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