mto wrote:
> "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.
>
>
All I get is my news server and the search server which is I think by
default Google.