What is my computer trying to connect to?

[Matsaki]

I use Little Snitch and I have a strange thing going on for some time now.

Litte Snitch warns me that:

The application "nmbd" wants to connect to ppp-70-226-211-184.dsl.spfdil.ameritech.net on UDP port 1026 (cap)

But I can't for my life understand what "nmbd" application is and I don't know ameritech.net

It tries several times a day. Any ideas?

 

[nixgeek]

nmbd is one portion of Samba (aka "Windows Sharing" in Mac OS X), which is what allows your Macintosh to share files to and from Windows PCs. If you're not sharing with any Windows PCs, you can disable Windows Sharing in the Sharing pane located in System Preferences.

 

[Matsaki]

Aha I try and see. Thanks.

 

[DeltaMac]

Found this with a quick Google search:

nmbd is part of Samba -- in plain English, "Windows Sharing".

To keep Little Snitch quiet on valid network calls, try adding the following rules:

nmbd Allow connections to your local network
nmbd Deny any connection.

more good info in the last post on this page: http://nowonder.com/forums/networki...tle-snitch-keeps-alerting-me-what-nmdb-2.html

 

[Matsaki]

Thanks again. I will try that as well.