Why is Google attached to my Boinc?

Boinc v5.8.16
From cmd netstat -0:

TCP xxxx:1069 localhost:31416 ESTABLISHED 292
TCP xxxx:31416 localhost:1069 ESTABLISHED 1720
TCP xxxx:4384 boincsrv02.cern.ch:http LAST_ACK 1720
TCP xxxx:4553 mc-in-f104.google.com:http ESTABLISHED 1720
TCP xxxx:4568 boincsrv02.cern.ch:http CLOSE_WAIT 1720

PID 1720 is Boinc.exe.

If boinc has trouble connecting to a project site, it tries to work out whether it is connected to the internet by pinging google.

If you look in the Boinc messages log, you'll see a comment such as 'access to reference site OK' when it does it.

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If boinc has trouble connecting to a project site, it tries to work out whether it is connected to the internet by pinging google.

That makes some sense but it has been doing that, furiously, for the last 8+ hours. There is some problem connecting with the SETI Beta site tonight so that may be why, I've just never noticed it before. I have no 'site OK' messages in the log, I do have "Project communication failed" for SETI Beta though, many times.

I just installed Azureus and ran it tonight (to get a replay of a TV show), maybe there's some conflict with Boinc although Boinc's been running the whole time and reporting and downloading as usual.

I did just shut down Azureus and disabled the port for Azureus and the network activity seems to have stopped. Boinc complained when I reset the router but it's running normally now.

<EDIT - a little later> I think it actually was Azureus and not Boinc that was having a problem. Boinc still has the Google connection but is not pinging. I think the activity was the fault of Azureus even though it was shut down and not running. I think it was either the trackers (or other peers) still talking to my computer even though they're supposed to stop after about 5 minutes. What's confusing is that netstat does not show any such connection after Azureus is shut down.

Here are the exact messages...

4/23/2007 9:54:11 AM||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
4/23/2007 9:54:12 AM||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.

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Kathryn :o)

And reference site = Google.

Because Google is always (supposed) to be up.

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