On Sunday, September 22, 2002, 12:48 PM, you wrote:
Hi Marck, I would be VERY interested in the specifics of how he blocked akamai. I did a search and found akamaitech.net, but I'm not sure I can figure out what to block, the range of IPs??? I have TPF, Tiny firewall installed, and it does give you the option of blocking an IP, range... anyway, this looks like a nice TBOT topic ;) thanks, MDP> Hi T'Buddlers, MDP> I thought you'd like to see this, sent to me off-list... >> This could be the cause of your connection woes, if not 100% of >> the cause, at least a major portion from what I have seen. >> More info: Akamai.net is a global web caching proxy and ad >> tracking agency with smart DNS servers to determine that fastest >> route (closest akamai.net server) to deliver pictures and web >> content to you, the user from a particular site. The akamai.net >> network is a global network consisting of 2500+ (or more) servers >> across the globe. >> Here's the strange part...Zonealarm ALSO uses these guys (really >> freaked me out). >> After I had blocked the akamai.net network range, Zonealarm told >> me I needed an update. I said "go get it". Well, the >> download.zonealarm.com was BEING BLOCKED! Holy cow!! I said >> what?!?!?!?!? Zonealarm Pro itself gave me an message stated >> that it blocked the g.akamai.net network from my computer, every >> time I hit the download.zonelabe.com site?!?!?!?! I found out, >> 100% for sure, that the download.zonelabs.com IS PART OF THE >> AKAMAI.NET network BLOCK!!! WHAT?!?!?! It is like one of those >> jokes you hear about, Norton, Mcafee are writing viruses so you >> buy their products. I know Zonealarm is using akamai.net for >> displaying their ads and distributing software BUT....they sell >> Ad Blocking software to prevent that crap!?!?!? HUH!?!?!?!?!? -- Paul Using The Bat! v1.62/Beta5 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
