Bug 17437 - Unusual tcp outbound request
Summary: Unusual tcp outbound request
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plug-ins (show other bugs)
Version: 523.x (Safari 3)
Hardware: Mac OS X 10.5
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2008-02-19 15:50 PST by scott
Modified: 2008-02-19 16:07 PST (History)
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Description scott 2008-02-19 15:50:26 PST 
Since I moved to Leopard, I notice there is a scheduled request for TCP port 80 to www.washingtonpost.com

I have done a clean install, and can not track this down.  While I have a feeling this has nothing to do with webkit, I have high hopes there is someone here who can at least explain to me what is going on, and ideally, how to stop it.

I ran grep -ir 'washingtonpost' / and found some pretty interesting stuff:
Binary file /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/BuiltInBookmarks.plist matches

I have one of these for every langauge there is as well:
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/Italian.lproj/BuiltInBookmarks.plist:								<string>feed://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400102.xml</string>

Thing is, I have deleted all my bookmarks, and as you can see, the grep command is finding no other matches.  Why is pubSub calling these feeds?
Comment 1 Mark Rowe (bdash) 2008-02-19 16:04:26 PST 
PubSub is not part of WebKit.  <rdar://problem/5687192>