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<blockquote data-quote="cptkrf" data-source="post: 1602644" data-attributes="member: 134861"><p>Actually, I have found it quite useful, especially back when I was on a data capped satellite. It allowed for the easy detection - and blocking - of large apps that were told not to auto update, but would do so anyway. One runaway update like Xcode, or Libraoffice, and your surfing day is over as the service chops you off.</p><p></p><p>And more recently, it helped discover that my massive download on occasion was the runaway ocspd process bug in Mountain Lion.</p><p></p><p>And it can help add to your hosts file as you find ad-server links that consider your bandwidth to be theirs also.</p><p></p><p>And so on. Otherwise, if you have a reason to wonder what is coming in and going out, watching the blinking light on the router doesn't give much information. Of course, using Netstat and the like will do the same thing, but that is a career itself. I find it much easier, when wondering what is slowing down the 'net, to look up and see that a Google Webprocess is dumping a ton of junk in my direction.</p><p></p><p>Usually, on a new machine or a reload, it is the first app that I install. Not necessarily for security, but just to know what the heck is going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cptkrf, post: 1602644, member: 134861"] Actually, I have found it quite useful, especially back when I was on a data capped satellite. It allowed for the easy detection - and blocking - of large apps that were told not to auto update, but would do so anyway. One runaway update like Xcode, or Libraoffice, and your surfing day is over as the service chops you off. And more recently, it helped discover that my massive download on occasion was the runaway ocspd process bug in Mountain Lion. And it can help add to your hosts file as you find ad-server links that consider your bandwidth to be theirs also. And so on. Otherwise, if you have a reason to wonder what is coming in and going out, watching the blinking light on the router doesn't give much information. Of course, using Netstat and the like will do the same thing, but that is a career itself. I find it much easier, when wondering what is slowing down the 'net, to look up and see that a Google Webprocess is dumping a ton of junk in my direction. Usually, on a new machine or a reload, it is the first app that I install. Not necessarily for security, but just to know what the heck is going on. [/QUOTE]
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