I've done the web searches already, and I don't see an answer that satisfies me yet.
In my netstat, before connecting to any web site, there are 2 connections to my localhost from ports being run by FireFox.
Before you ask my version, I will tell you that K-Meleon, also produced by Mozilla, has the exact same behavior. So no need to ask about add-ins, version, etc. This is a universal deal.
From the KB on this site: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Connections_e ... _(Firefox)
which refers us here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100154
That was the first link I found, and it doesn't answer the question at all. It just marks it as won't fix, but doesn't explain what it's for.
NSPR pollable events are implemented with a pair of
TCP sockets on Windows. Unfortunately this requires opening
listening sockets on the loopback address temporarily.
I don't know how to implement NSPR pollable events
on Windows without using a pair of TCP sockets, so I am
marking this bug WONTFIX.
15 years ago, somebody said that.crawdad wrote:No other browser does this. A browser should NOT require server rights to operate.
Since unruly behavior is HIGHLY undesireable and will cause SOME folx to mistrust mozilla.
Justifiably so.
Leaving this bug as "resolved/wontfix" is WRONG!
This SHOULD BE FIXED!
In this age of paranoia, it should be obvious that this is undesireable behavior.
And then in 2009: https://superuser.com/questions/71340/f ... -ports-why
If it's true that K-Meleon didn't have this in 2009, even though I can attest that it does today, that means this functionality was deliberately added.Arjan wrote:TCPView and ZoneAlarm firewall reveal that Firefox is accepting incoming connections on two ports on localhost (127.0.0.1). The port numbers are not fixed.
I reinstalled Firefox without any add-ons, and scanned using 3 antivirus programs (Avast, AVG and Norton), but Firefox is still listening to two ports. Other browsers such as Opera, K-Meleon, IE and Safari do not behave like this.
This then gives me pause with regard to my final quote, which is where my inquisitiveness on this matter stems from. Odin's Eye?