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Automatic update requires 'oubound connection' permission from ISP

Asked by Alex_Irving in WordPress, Internet Service Providers (ISP)

Tags: wordpress, automatic update, outbound connections

In order to allow scripted 'outbound connections' from my blog, my ISP (Aplus.net) requires I provide the following specific info before they will grant the connection:

1.      Name of script calling for the access
2.      IP #

To use the 'automatic updates' feature of WordPress, as well as any plug-ins in need of updating, I need to locate this information.  I assume this is to prevent hackers from writing 'bad guy' scripts in PHP through their service.

The questions:

Which WordPress PHP script requests the outbound connection?

-      For WordPress
-      For Plug-ins

How can I identify the IP # of the server that handles the download on the WordPress side?

Thanks for any help
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