On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 14:01:56 -0700, Paddy <paddy@ij.net> wrote:
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> Paul M Foster wrote:
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> >On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 08:19:51AM -0400, Steve Szmidt wrote:
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> ><snip>
> >
> >
> >
> >>What I do is block every known IP range which I've discovered that they use,
> >>at the firewall (which is a seperate machine). This way it cannot "call
> >>home". Then if that particular office needs to access let's say the knowledge
> >>base, I let a Linux machine, configured to look like Netscape or IE, bypass
> >>the block.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >I'd be _very_ interested in a list of those IP ranges. ;-}
> >
> >Paul
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> Load a copy of Openbsd. configure pf.conf to "block in all" and "block
> out all" as your first entry in the rules set, then configure the
> software bridge to "block non ip" and nothing will get past the the
> external interface. That puts a stop to the incessant yammering of a
> Mickey$oft box on the internet.
>
> Paddy
>
>
I would just add all microsoft domains to my host list file in windows
and have them all point to 127.0.0.1 and old trick people use to do
to stop banner ads before there was software to do it.
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