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Originally posted by Unregistered
Well, that's the $64k question. Does the Xolox client contact the Xolox servers at some point, to get hosts or something .. obviously, it is grabbing that notice that appears on the Search page from somewhere on the net. What happens when that http GET fails?
I guess I'm more concerned about how Xolox gets its host file. Most p2p programs go out to some service, like connect1.bearshare.net or some such. Dunno how Xolox gets theirs. |
I have blocked port 80 on XoloX which is the http GET port for the opening page in XoloX, and it has not stopped it from working. As for where XoloX gets it's host file, it seems to be built in and only refreshes the list using a NON-XoloX server. This is why they had to release a version a while back with more hosts built into it when it wouldn't connect from the start at all. They had no way to update the built in host list. XoloX should work just fine without connecting to the XoloX web page at all. Just block port 80 and turn OFF the auto-update feature. If you can't connect, you can always manually add a host from within the XoloX settings section.