M$ && Sending files back? [was: SOT: w2k alters mbr]

John Abreau jabr at blu.org
Mon Jun 17 17:15:50 EDT 2002


David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> writes:

> I solved that problem by blocking all M$FT IP addresses I can find (except 
> hotmail) from a section in my firewall script that I can turn on and off.

I took the opposite approach. I added zones for microsoft.com (and
doubleclick.net, and a few others) to my home DNS and set them to all
point at 127.0.0.1.


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