Why does IntelliJ connect to this IP?

i would guess that it may be looking there for updates. The first time you load intellij you can allow it to always check for updates.

Good question. It's a server named blogs.jetbrains.com hosted at Rackspace in the US.

Care to offer an explanation, Team JetBrains?

On 2/7/04 4:33 AM, in article
32071985.1076117592376.JavaMail.itn@is.intellij.net, "John Anderson"
<no_mail@jetbrains.com> wrote:

Good question. It's a server named blogs.jetbrains.com hosted at Rackspace in
the US.

Care to offer an explanation, Team JetBrains?

Update.xml url:
http://www.intellij.com/updates/update.xml

max% ping www.intellij.com
PING www.intellij.com (69.20.9.113): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 69.20.9.113: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=130.467 ms
64 bytes from 69.20.9.113: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=129.733 ms
64 bytes from 69.20.9.113: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=129.93 ms
^C
--- www.intellij.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 25% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 129.733/130.043/130.467 ms
max%

Turn off check for updates if it bothers you.

--
Maxim Shafirov
JetBrains, Inc
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"

Doesn't bother me... just curious. It was easier to ask than to port sniff. :)

I AM jealous about your G5 Mac, though

Maxim Shafirov (JetBrains) <max@intellij.com> wrote:

max% ping www.intellij.com
PING www.intellij.com (69.20.9.113): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 69.20.9.113: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=130.467 ms

Are you sure that your DNS is set up properly? There's no reverse lookup
defined for the IP address.

Powerbook:~ dittert$ host 69.20.9.113
Host 113.9.20.69.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Dirk Dittert