On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:27:47 -0400, SP
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:20:01 -0700, Spurious Response
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:37:07 -0400, SP
wrote:

PS This program uses http prototcol to 131.107.115.28.
(crl.microsoft.com) It isn't going to be blocked by a typical
hardware firewall, because the firewall doesn't know the difference
between that and a user surfing on Firefox to some random website.


Bull****. Firewalls can be programmed to block entire domains, in or
out, or both.

"Can be" but was *yours* programmed to block that particular domain or
IP address?

Has been, for years, on certain machines.

Not sure you have seen many "typical hardware firewalls". If you have
it must only be cursory glances.

It's in another room, so I seldom give it even a sideways glance. It's
administered over the network.

No ****. That took a lot of brains. You wouldn't be inside the case
flipping dip switches.