Why does NoScript do net access on every Firefox startup?

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topc
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Why does NoScript do net access on every Firefox startup?

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I've noticed some net activity every time that I start Firefox and have limited it down to NoScript - when I disable NoScript it doesn't happen.

If I clear my dns cache (pdnsd) before starting Firefox, then dump the cache immediately after startup, I see the following activity:

** start dns cache dump **
akadns.net.
07/16 19:02:39 SOA internal.akadns.net. hostmaster.akamai.com. 1310857191 90000 90000 90000 180

ocsp.godaddy.com.
07/16 19:02:38 A (negated)
07/16 19:02:38 CNAME ocsp.godaddy.com.akadns.net.
07/16 19:02:38 AAAA (negated)

informaction.com.
07/16 19:02:38 SOA dns.technorail.com. hostmaster.informaction.com. 1 86400 7200 2592000 3600

ocsp.godaddy.com.akadns.net.
07/16 19:02:38 A 72.167.239.239
07/16 19:02:38 AAAA (negated)

dns.technorail.com.
07/16 19:02:38 A 62.149.128.2

internal.akadns.net.
07/16 19:02:39 (domain negated)

secure.informaction.com.
07/16 19:02:38 A 69.195.141.179
07/16 19:02:38 A 69.195.141.178
07/16 19:02:38 A 82.103.139.52
07/16 19:02:38 A 82.103.140.42
07/16 19:02:38 A 82.103.140.40
07/16 19:02:38 AAAA (negated)
** end dns cache dump **

Why is this happening? What info is being sent? How can I stop this?
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
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Re: Why does NoScript do net access on every Firefox startup

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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
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Re: Why does NoScript do net access on every Firefox startup

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Thanks Giorgio!
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
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