Packets

["Michael D. Kirkpatrick" <wizard@psychodad.com>]

I am not quite sure is this is the place to post this question.  But
here it goes...

I have a very secure network behind a firewall.  I started monitoring
packets on the external side of the firewall before I purchased this
G4.  Security thing...  Anyway, before adding the new G4 into the
firewall settings to have internet access, I noticed the following
packets sent out from the apple computer:

192.168.1.169.49163 > littlebuddy.apple.com.https: S
3592580501:3592580501(0) win 32768 <mss 1460,wscale 0,nop>
192.168.1.169.49163 > littlebuddy.apple.com.https: S
3592580501:3592580501(0) win 32768 <mss 1460,wscale 0,nop>
192.168.1.169.49163 > littlebuddy.apple.com.https: S
3592580501:3592580501(0) win 32768 <mss 1460,wscale 0,nop>
192.168.1.169.49163 > littlebuddy.apple.com.https: R
3592580502:3592580527(25) win 0

After seeing this, I am afraid to give that Apple Computer internet
access.  This is a new computer right out of the box.  Pre Installed
OS9.  Very little amount of programs installed on it.  Why is this
computer trying every 5 minutes to contact littlebuddy.apple.com?  I
tried to hit that address with a browser and nothing comes up.  I tried
port 80 and 443.  My browser can not connect.  What is the G4 computer
trying to tell Apple?  The contents of my network?  Passwords?  Contents
of it's hard drive?  Where it is so it can be accessed by remote by
Apple?  What is the deal here?  I am very worried about the integrity of
my network and the security of my programs and files as well.  I am
pondering taking the computer back and purchasing a Hewlett Packard
computer in its place.  I have raised these questions to the dealer and
he had no clue of what I was talking about.  I called tech support, they
were unable to tell me anything.  What is Apple trying to pull here?

Mike