Chrome and ksfetch

acme · 03-08-2013, 07:33 AM

I'm getting nagged a lot by Little Snitch warning me about google software update via ksfetch wanting to connect to cache.pack.google.com for what I don't know.

I don't feel great about a google whatever having to update something unknown, several times throughout the day.

Anyone know how to turn the dumb thing off?

Many thanks in advance!

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DeltaMac · 03-08-2013, 08:14 AM

Here's a short info page with a tip that should (hopefully) keep working until Google decides to use a different update process.
http://www.wardt.info/little-snitch-and-ksfetch/

agentx · 03-08-2013, 12:29 PM

We always set chrome to not update as often anyway (7 days or even 14 days) where we are not managing updates using a deployment solution. We found that users were getting bombarded by constant updates and getting sidetracked !

defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 604800

But you can use the /tmp/*/ksfetch trick in little snitch ;-) and no doubt they will change the behaviour at some point.

03-08-2013, 07:33 AM	#1
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,683	Chrome and ksfetch I'm getting nagged a lot by Little Snitch warning me about google software update via ksfetch wanting to connect to cache.pack.google.com for what I don't know. I don't feel great about a google whatever having to update something unknown, several times throughout the day. Anyone know how to turn the dumb thing off? Many thanks in advance! a

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03-08-2013, 08:14 AM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,950	Here's a short info page with a tip that should (hopefully) keep working until Google decides to use a different update process. http://www.wardt.info/little-snitch-and-ksfetch/

03-08-2013, 12:29 PM	#3
agentx Hall of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 3,807	We always set chrome to not update as often anyway (7 days or even 14 days) where we are not managing updates using a deployment solution. We found that users were getting bombarded by constant updates and getting sidetracked ! defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 604800 But you can use the /tmp/*/ksfetch trick in little snitch ;-) and no doubt they will change the behaviour at some point.