"John Smith" <assemblywizard10@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3f011c4c@monitor.lanset.com...
> I have been fighting to stop akamaitechnologies from communicating with my
> computer, unsuccessfully. Any site, if unable to be blocked, is a MAJOR
> break in any security one can have.
>
> Entries entered into the windows hosts file seems incapable of blocking
> access, as is proxomitron and junkbuster, or even a personal firewall.
>
> Rumors abound that this is in fact some method the fbi or other agency has
> found to route all internet traffic though, and create records of internet
> activity... I am undecided on this point...
>
> However, in my opinion, it seems that until this hole is blocked, anyone
> using the internet should consider their security to have been
> compromised...
>
> One method of seeing how easily akamaitechnologies is able to bypass any
> security measure you can devise is as follows:
>
> 1) access http://www.hotbot.com
> 2) do a search using any search term
> 3) drop to a dos prompt and type "netstat -a" (without the quotes -> "'s)
> 4) in the list of connections to your computer will see something like:
> a66-81-235-70.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com
>
> If anyone can block akamaitechnologies(also adamaitechnologies or akamai)
I
> would love to hear from them...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> warmest regards,
> John Smith
>

I've completely blocked akamai rather successfully - without losing any
"services" - in ZA Pro simply block everything (including all scripts) in
the Privacy/Site section and then enter the akamai sites in the blocked zone
under firewall.