a248.e.akamai.net / a943.g.akamai.net ? how to block it is dyanmic

[capnat]

Beauregard,

> Have removed the certificates from Equifax Security.
>
> But this is not in the hosts file, correct?
Equifax Security is the certificate one can find in Option > Content >
Certificates

>
> Is that the entire line for the "login.yahoo.akadns.net" ?
> Where is the 127.0.0.1 in front of it? And why would you want to block
> your login to yahoo?

Added as 127.0.0.1 login.yahoo.akadns.net in host file
I do not want to block yahoo the only concerning is "akadns.net" ?


> Besides serving ads, akamai also can be used to download software, when
> commissioned by companies for that service.
> Actually, I still am not sure what your real problem is, or even if
> there is one! <g>

The problem is I am visiting regular site and than get spam email.
Plus visiting a secure site is tracked.
On observing, the sites mentioned above like akamai.net or 122.2o7.net
are the most online.
Thus do not want spam email plus do not want akamai.net or 122.2o7.net
to do marketing
track. Either these websites or tracker prompt user to either allow
or disallow them for tracking.

Capnat

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

capnat wrote:

> Beauregard,
> [capnat wrote:]
>>> Have removed the certificates from Equifax Security.
>>
>> But this is not in the hosts file, correct?
>
> Equifax Security is the certificate one can find in Option > Content >
> Certificates

Options of .. your browser?

>> Is that the entire line for the "login.yahoo.akadns.net" ?
>> Where is the 127.0.0.1 in front of it? And why would you want to block
>> your login to yahoo?
>
> Added as 127.0.0.1 login.yahoo.akadns.net in host file
> I do not want to block yahoo the only concerning is "akadns.net" ?

akadns.net is a domain owned by akamai. The name more or less implies
the serving of .. well .. DNS. Perhaps you should not block it.

>> Besides serving ads, akamai also can be used to download software,
>> when commissioned by companies for that service. Actually, I still
>> am not sure what your real problem is, or even if there is one! <g>
>
> The problem is I am visiting regular site and than get spam email.

A yahoo site? Are you saying that you visit the yahoo site, then
immediately receive an email? You've lost me. If "regular site" does
not mean a yahoo site, name it.

What is the subject and content of one of these emails?

> Plus visiting a secure site is tracked.
> On observing, the sites mentioned above like akamai.net or 122.2o7.net
> are the most online.
> Thus do not want spam email plus do not want akamai.net or 122.2o7.net
> to do marketing
> track. Either these websites or tracker prompt user to either allow
> or disallow them for tracking.

They track you by using cookies. Block their cookies by using your
browser's cookie manager.

--
-bts
-I should have been a dentist

[capnat]

beuregard,

I have recently seen, that whenever Internet Explorer is started, it
is sending packets to akamai.net to below host site address for
establishing connection which is now blocked.

a1733.g.akamai, a1935.gc.akamai.net, a1981.g.akamai.net

and have also blocked all IP ranging from 209.170.0.0 to
255.255.255.255




> >>> Have removed the certificates from Equifax Security.
>
> >> But this is not in the hosts file, correct?

Certificates are added in Internet Explorer it is not in host file.
>
> A yahoo site? Are you saying that you visit the yahoo site, then
> immediately receive an email? You've lost me. If "regular site" does
> not mean a yahoo site, name it.
>
> What is the subject and content of one of these emails?
>
Whenever I visit yahoo.com for email or to do a search. After couple
of days
receive unwanted email either related to marketing or some funny stuff
never
subscribed to.

In the past never had received junk email, now it is a lot.

capnat

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

capnat wrote:

> beuregard,
>
> I have recently seen, that whenever Internet Explorer is started, it
> is sending packets to akamai.net to below host site address for
> establishing connection which is now blocked.
>
> a1733.g.akamai, a1935.gc.akamai.net, a1981.g.akamai.net

Do you see this same behavior when you use a different browser?

> and have also blocked all IP ranging from 209.170.0.0 to
> 255.255.255.255

That is quite a range. 209.170.0.0 does not seem to be traceable, nor
show up as currently "owned" by anyone, according to Sam Spade.

>> A yahoo site? Are you saying that you visit the yahoo site, then
>> immediately receive an email? You've lost me. If "regular site"
>> does not mean a yahoo site, name it.
>>
>> What is the subject and content of one of these emails?
>>
> Whenever I visit yahoo.com for email or to do a search. After couple
> of days receive unwanted email either related to marketing or some
> funny stuff never subscribed to.

Again, post the headers of one of these emails, to see where it came
from.

> In the past never had received junk email, now it is a lot.

In the past, you hadn't posted your valid email address in Usenet, where
it is now harvested by spambots, who are now apparently sending you
spam. From: capnat <captain_2010@yahoo.com>

I think you are being too paranoid.

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[capnat]

> Do you see this same behavior when you use a different browser?
Yes
>
>
> In the past, you hadn't posted your valid email address in Usenet, where
> it is now harvested by spambots, who are now apparently sending you
> spam. From: capnat <captain_2...@yahoo.com>
>
how to block such spambots.

Recently, just did not access anything on I. Explorer, still it hops
on below sites than either it goes on the site like monster, yahoo.
And on blocking the below sites ranging from 207.61.0.0 /
255.255.255.255, not able to access sites.

Below is added in host file now.
127.0.0.1 a1733.g.akamai
127.0.0.1 a1935.gc.akamai.net #new
127.0.0.1 a1981.g.akamai.net #new
127.0.0.1 a248.e.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 a288.g.akamai.net #new
127.0.0.1 a363.x.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 a88.g.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 a9.g.akamai.net
127.0.0.1 a94.g.akamai
127.0.0.1 a943.g.akamai.net

I am upset because it takes hours to do 10 minutes work on internet.

capnat

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

capnat wrote:
[Beauregard wrote:]
>> Do you see this same behavior when you use a different browser?
>
> Yes

Ok, so then you probably aren't hijacked. (Probably, but not
absolutely.)

>> In the past, you hadn't posted your valid email address in Usenet,
>> where it is now harvested by spambots, who are now apparently
>> sending you spam. From: capnat <captain_2...@yahoo.com>
>>
> how to block such spambots.

You can't. They are reading Usenet, and harvesting FROM: addresses and
adding them to their databases. Your posts are stored on hundreds
(thousands?) of Usenet servers all around the planet.

> Recently, just did not access anything on I. Explorer, still it hops
> on below sites than either it goes on the site like monster, yahoo.

Please post the full URL to one or two of these sites that give you this
problem. And not pages one needs to "log in" to see.

> And on blocking the below sites ranging from 207.61.0.0 /
> 255.255.255.255, not able to access sites.

Well, that is a given. Such a range would even block my news server, and
two of my own web sites.

> I am upset because it takes hours to do 10 minutes work on internet.

Not sure I follow... is this extra time taken because you are taking
time to sniff all inbound/outbound traffic, or because the browser(s) is
slow?

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck