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Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)

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From: "andrew baker" <failrate@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:39:26 -0700
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IIRC, connecting to the loopback does cause false positives. In fact, IDLE even notifies you not to be worried about the loopback when you fire it up :D

On 8/4/06, Brian Fisher <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

never underestimate the retardedness of personal firewall and security
applications on windows... :)

On 8/4/06, Bob Ippolito <bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't think personal firewalls should care about ports explicitly
> opened on the loopback interface only... At least, it'd be retarded
> if they did.
>
> -bob
>

--
Andrew Ulysses Baker
"failrate"

References:
- [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
  - From: Brian Fisher
- Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
  - From: Bob Ippolito
- Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
  - From: Richard Jones
- Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
  - From: René Dudfield
- Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
  - From: Bob Ippolito
- Re: [pygame] Preventing multiple instances of your game from running (and activating the running copy?)
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