Hi, First of all even Microsoft might have some Server- oder Networkproblems (load-balancer or else). And I do not think that MS restrict IPs (except maybe some active firewalling to prevent DOS) because with NAT widely used blocking IPs (mostly firewalls) would render windowsupdate unuseable.
regards, Claus > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Irwan Hadi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:13 AM > Subject: [Full-Disclosure] windowsupdate.microsoft.com limits > on how many > times a computer can access it > > > > I just got an incident where everytime I try to access > > windowsupdate.microsoft.com, I keep getting this error: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&clcid=0x0409&p > ver=6.0&ar=ienews&os=N6 > > Service Unavailable > > The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try > > again later. > > > > Well, I used to be able to access > windowsupdate.microsoft.com a couple > > hours ago with this computer, but after visiting it again > and again for > > around 7 times, now I can't access it anymore. > > > > It seems that the windowsupdate.microsoft.com server now > limits on how > > many times a computer can access it, because when I tried by using > > a different computer with different IP address, it worked just fine. > > > > Anyway, below is the IP address of > windowsupdate.microsoft.com from my > > place (remember that windowsupdate now uses Akamai) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> host windowsupdate.microsoft.com > > windowsupdate.microsoft.com is an alias for > > windowsupdate.microsoft.nsatc.net. > > windowsupdate.microsoft.nsatc.net has address 207.46.134.92 > > windowsupdate.microsoft.nsatc.net has address 207.46.249.56 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
