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Firefox is trying to receive a connection from another computer on the network using port 7170

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redmonds
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Hi all,

I got an alert that FF is trying to receive a connection from another computer on the network using port 7170

Any idea what/why this is happening?

I have blocked it for now.

Hi all, I got an alert that FF is trying to receive a connection from another computer on the network using port 7170 Any idea what/why this is happening? I have blocked it for now.
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redmonds
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UPDATE - FF is trying to receive a connection on port 7170 from another PC.