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Title: Little Snitch Reports in Mavericks
Post by: Jack W on November 09, 2015, 03:14:52 PM

When I start up in Mavericks, Little Snitch reports the following:

exec gamed  which I dismiss

17.155.127.222 port ?
17.155.127.222 port 16385
17.155.127.222 port 16386

What is gamed ?
What is ip address 17.155.127.222 ?

Thanks,
Jack

Title: Little Snitch Reports in Mavericks
Post by: Xairbusdriver on November 09, 2015, 04:14:03 PM

That IP Address belongs to Apple. You can usually find out 'who' any IP address 'is' by using http://whoisip.org or even the "Whois" tab in Network Utility. If you ever upgrade to Yosemite or El Capitan , you might want to make an alias of Network Utility for your regular "Utilities" folder. The actual app resides in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/. Part of Apple's grand-motherly hiding of anything they thing we might hurt ourselves with!    

Port 1638x is simply the port that is used to communicate between your computer and "Apple". Once you find Network Utilities, you can use the "Port Scan" tab, enter you computers IP address (Check your System Prefs->Network (if using Ethernet) or ->Sharing (select "DVD Sharing" or "Screen Sharing" Service and the IP address should appear in the text below the 'Xyz Sharing: On'.

I'd suggest contacting the Lil' Snitch devs for an explanation. These kinds of reports are exactly why I quit using it. YMMV.

Title: Little Snitch Reports in Mavericks
Post by: kimmer on November 09, 2015, 07:18:56 PM

I looked up "gamed" and came across this thread at apple support communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5521495

It has to do with the game center, and this alert seems common with lil snitch, at least according to this poster:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/26600009#26600009

Title: Little Snitch Reports in Mavericks
Post by: Jack W on November 10, 2015, 06:54:29 AM

QUOTE(kimmer @ Nov 9 2015, 08:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I looked up "gamed" and came across this thread at apple support communities:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5521495

It has to do with the game center, and this alert seems common with lil snitch, at least according to this poster:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/26600009#26600009

Thanks kimmer, some really good info there.

I'll give it a shot later when I boot up Mavericks.

What does gamed do, and what do I loose if I disable it?

Thanks,

jack