Re: [Win2k] Stopping sw from phoning home

From: Karl Levinson, mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 09/19/05

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    Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:39:18 -0400

    That's actually a really good idea. e.g. 127.0.0.1
    musicmatch's.servername.com

    A software firewall would be the ideal way to stop this. This functionality
    is really not built into Windows 2000. Windows 2000 TCP/IP filtering
    techniques like IPSec can block access only per port, not per application.
    So if the application uses a common port like TCP 80 that is used by other
    applications, then the only options I can think of are an entry in the hosts
    file for the host names the software tries to contact, a third party
    software firewall, or using a proxy server that only lets requests from your
    web browser or from authenticated users out to the Internet.

    "David Frankenbach" <sendnospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
    news:eLo04buuFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > ignisfatuus,
    >
    > Can you just make an entry in your local hosts file? I do this all the
    time
    > to prevent malware from reinfecting my daughter's computer.
    >
    > df
    >
    > "ignisfatuus" <ignisfatuus3267nospam@cox.com> wrote in message
    > news:xV0Ve.77565$Ji4.28781@fed1read03...
    > > Actually, Mr. Adare, one of my day jobs in a former life was to "break"
    > > software so I know from whence I speak when I express that there is *no
    > > way* to disable the phoning home feature without rewriting the code
    and/or
    > > creating an IPSec policy, configging the router if possible.
    > >
    > > Whatever the sw is transmitting is irrelevant to me. I don't care
    *what*
    > > it's doing. I just *don't* want it making contact with the mothership
    > > period. There isn't a need for it. Previously the same sw was
    installed
    > > on a box that had a sw firewall like Sygate and the fact that it
    couldn't
    > > phone home in no way impeded the usage. My box, my rules. Nothing
    phones
    > > home without my specific permission.
    >
    >

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