full-disclosure - windowsupdate.microsoft.com limits on how many times a computer can access it

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

From: marc at chabot.net (Marc Chabot (.net))
Subject: windowsupdate.microsoft.com limits on how many times a computer can access it

Salut Daniel,

This is not accurate.
Since the blast from MSblast, they change the way you
get to windowsupdate with akamai.

>From where YOU are it resolves to 216.52.232.135
>From where I am, it resolves to 207.126.99.157
>From where John Smith is, it resolves to another IP.

This way, the load is distributed.
It's a DNS trickery.

Friday, November 21, 2003, 1:41:24 AM, a ?crit:
DHR> You obviously don't know that when you go to
DHR> windowsupdate.microsoft.com that you are redirected to
DHR> v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com which is located at
DHR> 216.52.232.135...

-- 
Yours Digitally,
 CanonBall                            mailto: marc@...bot.net

We don't just delete spam, we delete spammers.
http://www.spammerhunters.com