Re: Blocking a site ?

So you think it is the printer itself that talks to the site in question?
Why do people rush to render advice on subjects they are clueless about?



Noah Davids wrote:

Juergen Nieveler wrote:
species8350 <not_here.5.species8350@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

My question is 'Is there a way to prevent the printer manufacturer
from monitoring my activities'?

Several. Cut off your Internet access, throw away the printer...

You can't reliably block any software you install from communicating to
specific addresses - it's pretty much impossible to stop them from
accessing the network at all, as a matter of fact. Telling the software
"You can talk to anybody BUT..." is impossible, as there's too much
methods to get around such a block, from using various server names up
to using DNS tunneling.


Juergen Nieveler

Instead of blocking the printer site at the firewall block the printer.
If the printer cannot send packets past the firewall it really doesn't
matter who it tries to communicate with.

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