full-disclosure - MS should point windowsupdate.com to 127.0.0.1

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Message-ID: <018f01c36309$c7722d30$227ae792@ict.ru.ac.za>
From: bvi at lair.moria.org (Barry Irwin)
Subject: MS should point windowsupdate.com to 127.0.0.1

Something like Hogwash could be useful :-)
Paul, any further details, parameters to set ?

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Barry Irwin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blue Boar" <BlueBoar@...evco.com>
To: "Schmehl, Paul L" <pauls@...allas.edu>
Cc: "Jeroen Massar" <jeroen@...ix.org>; "Tobias Oetiker"
<oetiker@...ethz.ch>; <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] MS should point windowsupdate.com to
127.0.0.1

> > 2) Minus points if you say "Don't allow access to the Internet.  It
> > *requires* access to the Internet.  (IOW, it has to be able to connect
> > to "live" IP address ranges, not private IPs.)
>
> What *kind* of Internet access?  Any reason I can't put a firewall or
proxy
> of some sort between it and the Internet?  Maybe an IDS running as a
router?
>
> BB
>
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