Just curious, I've always seen it stated that Generic Host Process (svchost.exe) in Win2K should be allowed internet access through personal firewalls otherwise some network services will fail.

However, quite a few months back I decided to permanently deny it access and have yet to run into any issues with my network services (although my log reports that it constantly does try to access the network) or any internet applications.

Just wondering if anyone knows exactly what the system is trying to do when GHP calls outside? I'm not really paranoid (yet) so I don't think that something bad is amiss, but I do like to know why things are happening where network access is concerned, particularly nowadays.

Thanks,
KV