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How to stop access to a specifice EXTERNAL ip address.   Message List  
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I have a program that I want to use called orbit downloader. But
after reading articles on the web, I noted that it has a "phone
home" behavior to a specific IP address. This might be nothing at
all. None of the articles that I read noted any suspicious behaviour
or spyware with this program. I just do not like ANYTHING that
connects to an IP address unless I manually tell it to do so.

I have a linksys wgrt Wireless G router. I know how to allow
INCOMING addresses. I know how to restrict INTERNAL ip addresses
from getting OUT of the network. But how do I restrict any internal
machine from contacting a SPECIFIC IP address, but allow it to
contact others. I really do not want to run a software firewall just
on this one machine. Since I only have a 2 machine network and the
firewall in the WGRT does just fine.

After reading the docs in the router's pdf file, all I could find is
how to block contacts to specific PORTS, or how to block INTERNAL IP
Addresses from using specific ports.

Before you ask I do not know which port that program tries to
contact at that address. The article only listed the IP address that
the program tries to contact not the port. AND NO I have not run the
program yet and done a netstat. I would like to find out how to
block contact to that ip address even before I run the program.

Thanks and I hope this is clear enough





Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:57 pm

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I have a program that I want to use called orbit downloader. But after reading articles on the web, I noted that it has a "phone home" behavior to a specific...
Robert
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Mar 13, 2008
9:57 pm

One way to do it is to add the IP or URL it is trying to access to your hosts file and set it equal to 127.0.0.1. That way everything sent to that URL/IP...
Len Paris
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Mar 13, 2008
10:29 pm

For an explanation, see: http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Len Paris ... * There is no place like 127.0.0.1...
Len Paris
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Mar 13, 2008
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