FF.55 ~ Establishing "unauthorized" connections on startup

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Systm
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FF.55 ~ Establishing "unauthorized" connections on startup

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This question seems to having been asked a few times but I couldn't find an explanation for this,
nor how to prevent these.

I also would like to know what "routit.net" is for...

firefox.exe 3904 TCP afr.fritz.box 49743
a2-16-100-114.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com http ESTABLISHED 1 460 1 913

firefox.exe 3904 TCP afr.fritz.box 49733
a2-16-106-226.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com http ESTABLISHED

firefox.exe 5016 TCP afr.fritz.box 49855
rt235bb144-213-202.routit.net https ESTABLISHED 3 961 3 1.969

What is going on here?
And even if not harmful. How do I gain control over these connections?
Last edited by Systm on August 16th, 2017, 9:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: FF.55 ~ Establishing "unauthorized" connections on start

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Are you running a Fritz router box and have you signed up for their service?
Fritz Box help page
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Systm
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Re: FF.55 ~ Establishing "unauthorized" connections on start

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Grumpus wrote:Are you running a Fritz router box and have you signed up for their service?
Fritz Box help page
the fritzbox is running on its default settings, i have yet to set it up.
The connections only appear with firefox, not with chrome or any other browser.
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Funny, I block akamaitechnologies.com at our firewall. I wonder if this explains some of the weirdness I get from time to time.
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Mozilla uses Edgecast, Akamai and also Amazon cloudfront (as needed) for cloud service. Mozilla uses a CDN as they no longer use mirrors as they did before.
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James wrote:Mozilla uses Edgecast, Akamai and also Amazon cloudfront (as needed) for cloud service. Mozilla uses a CDN as they no longer use mirrors as they did before.
What about:
rt235bb144-213-202.routit.net https ESTABLISHED 3 961 3 1.969 ?
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The browser fetches the blocklists from google and mozilla at startup. This even happens if you do not use safebrowsing.

Set browser.safebrowsing.debug to true in about:config. Then you see what is going on.
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i disabled the malware site list updating with privacysettings... still seeing these connections.
not a big deal. but somehow we are unsure whenever this is exactly doing what its supposed to do
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frg wrote:The browser fetches the blocklists from google and mozilla at startup. This even happens if you do not use safebrowsing.

Set browser.safebrowsing.debug to true in about:config. Then you see what is going on.
how do i see whats going on? what do you mean?
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If you enable the pref you can see some debug output from the listmanager in the browser console e.g.

listmanager: 21:41:01 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Standard Time): this.tablesData: {
"goog-phish-shavar": {
"updateUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... r=2.2&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]",
"gethashUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "google"
},
"goog-malware-shavar": {
"updateUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... r=2.2&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]",
"gethashUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "google"
},
"goog-unwanted-shavar": {
"updateUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... r=2.2&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]",
"gethashUrl": "https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebro ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "google"
},
"goog-badbinurl-proto": {
"updateUrl": "https://safebrowsing.googleapis.com/v4/ ... tobuf&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]&$httpMethod=POST",
"gethashUrl": "https://safebrowsing.googleapis.com/v4/ ... tobuf&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]&$httpMethod=POST",
"provider": "google4"
},
"goog-downloadwhite-proto": {
"updateUrl": "https://safebrowsing.googleapis.com/v4/ ... tobuf&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]&$httpMethod=POST",
"gethashUrl": "https://safebrowsing.googleapis.com/v4/ ... tobuf&key=[trimmed-google-api-key]&$httpMethod=POST",
"provider": "google4"
},
"base-track-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"mozstd-trackwhite-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"mozplugin-block-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"allow-flashallow-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"except-flashallow-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"block-flash-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"except-flash-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"block-flashsubdoc-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"except-flashsubdoc-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
},
"except-flashinfobar-digest256": {
"updateUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/dow ... 3&pver=2.2",
"gethashUrl": "https://shavar.services.mozilla.com/get ... 3&pver=2.2",
"provider": "mozilla"
}
}
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Re: FF.55 ~ Establishing "unauthorized" connections on start

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frg wrote:If you enable the pref you can see some debug output from the listmanager in the browser console e.g.

listmanager: 21:41:01 GMT+0200 (W. Europe Standard Time): this.tablesData: {
"goog-phish-shavar": {
}
where do you find this?
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frg wrote:If you enable the pref you can see some debug output from the listmanager in the browser console e.g.

i tried to use the built in debugger, it doesnt show any connections.
which kind of browser console do you mean?
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frg wrote:If you enable the pref you can see some debug output from the listmanager in the browser console e.g.

}
See here: console is empty:
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Systm wrote: See here:console is empty:
What you show there is the Web Console. The Browser Console is a different, although similar, thing. To open it, select "Browser Console" from the Developer Tools menu (or submenu).
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