IWork '09 startup hang...proxy issue?

iWork hangs at startup anytime that I launch the applications when I'm behind a firewall. I can reproduce this problem very easily by successfully starting up the application on home home network and encountering problems anytime I launch the applications under a VPN connection or at the office.
Is iWork trying to check in with iwork.com at launch? If so, is there any way to disable this behavior or transparently handle the proxy issue without my having to edit preferences every time I switch network settings?
Thanks for reading this!
-Jamie

I was able to eliminate the iWork '09 startup hang by properly configuring my global HTTP proxy. I ran "netstat -an" from the console during the hang and found that iWork was attempting to connect to one of the iWork.com servers at startup.
Here's what I saw:
hostname:~ username$ netstat -an
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state)
tcp4 0 0 192.168.0.194.52595 17.250.248.128.80 SYN_SENT
tcp4 0 0 192.168.0.194.52594 17.250.248.105.443 SYN_SENT

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