[cvsnt] cvslock trying to connect to multicast address?

Arthur Barrett arthur.barrett at march-hare.com
Thu Sep 22 07:56:52 BST 2005


LDS,

> When I start cvslock.exe, it tries to connect to 
> 224.0.0.251 (a reserved multicast address) on port  
> 5353. An antivirus scan did not find anything. Is 
> it normal or there is something wrong on my machine?

Yes it's normal.

This is the port for ZeroConf (Bonjour / Rendevous) publication.

If you really really want to you can disable it in the CVSNT control
panel, on the advanced tab.

Regards,


Arthur Barrett



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