I'm developing an app that has absolutely nothing to do with anything other than specific external audio-related hardware. While running my app in the iOS simulator, I got a message from my LittleSnitch (that's a firewall) that the process geod (iOS) is trying to access irs.gov. As if that wasn't enough, the next attempt was to azadiradio.org. I blocked both but I'm wondering: what is going on within my iOS simulator?
IOS – Why is the process named geod in the iOS simulator trying to access irs.gov
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Best Answer
This sounds like a classic case of bad reverse DNS. Note that both the IRS and
azadiradio.orgare at least partially hosted by Akamai's servers. This can lead to some confusion for people trying to do a reverse DNS. Your simulator might be trying to access some other server (could be Apple's, they also use Akamai) and Little Snitch tries to translate that IP address into a domain. When that IP is used by one of the world's largest hosting and content distribution networks, you run into problems.