Why ist RW KeyMaster listening to the I-net?

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Why ist RW KeyMaster listening to the I-net?

Forum: Open Discussion

Created: 2006-02-20

Updated: 2013-04-08

wladi - 2006-02-20

I've noticed, that RW Key Master is listening to the internet. Could someone explain me why it's necessary for this program to do this? I'm afraid it could have bad intentions :( hm...

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- wladi - 2006-02-27
  
  FALSE ALARM! It isn't KeyMaster listening, but the WinLirc plugin. I'm a fool who didn't think about the WinLirc method of operation through a serverlike interface. It's just a local connection for controlling other progs!
  
  Sorry!
  
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- Jan Klir - 2006-02-27
  
  Yes. The connection is estabilished by WinLIRC. RW Key Master and RW Key factory do not contain ANY internet code so they do not estabilish connections. Anyone can check the source code to se that there is no Inet code.
  
  WinLIRC is TCP-based remote controller protocol. The WinLIRC plugin acts as TCP server, any WinLIRC enabled application can connect to it and receive the commands. The properties of the WInLIRC TCP server can be configured. Firewall can be used to limit the connection for example only to the local computer.
  
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