Posted by Terry on 05/23/07 02:32

On May 22, 11:35 am, Frank <f...@nojunkmail.humanvalues.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 08:51:15 GMT, in 'rec.video.desktop',
> in article <Firefox has build in copy right spy>,
>
> Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Well I found this typing 'netstat', allmost all the time I found
> >tcp 0 0 my.ip.address:40337 po-in-f91.google.co:www ESTABLISHED
>
> >So Firefox is all by itself connecting to po-in-f91.google.com
>
> Indeed, it is. I've noticed this also. It makes me want to put Firefox
> in the spyware category, but I haven't had the time to actually
> capture and analyze the traffic, so it might be quite benign for all I
> know. OTOH, I still don't like the fact that it establishes this
> connection to begin with. In fact, I very strongly resent it.
>
>
>
>
>
> >I have observed this for a few weeks, wondering if it had anything to do with my searches using google.
> >However it made no sense...
> >So I 'googled' for that address, and found:
> >http://www.spotlight.de/zforen/sec/m/sec-1173099721-22371.html
>
> >OK, added the following to my Linux iptables firewall:
> >-A INPUT -s 68.249.93.0/255.255.255.0 -j DROP
> >-A INPUT -s 72.14.253.0/255.255.255.0 -j DROP
> >-A INPUT -s 94.6.194.0/255.255.255.0 -j DROP
> >-A INPUT -s 130.75.2.0/255.255.255.0 -j DROP
>
> ># from firefox ug-in-f104.google.com
> ># ug-in-f91.google.com
> ># ug-in-f93.google.com
> ># po-in-f91.google.com
> ># po-in-f93.google.com
>
> ># markmonitor.com
> ># MarkMonitor: Anti-Phishing, Fraud Prevention, Brand Protection & Domain Management
> >-A OUTPUT -s 68.249.93.0/255.255.255.0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> >-A OUTPUT -s 72.14.253.0/255.255.255.0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> >-A OUTPUT -s 94.6.194.0/255.255.255.0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
> >-A OUTPUT -s 130.75.2.0/255.255.255.0 -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
>
> >So, Firefox is a SPY.
>
> You want to know the sad part, Opera appears to do something similar.
> And Netscape is even worse.
>
> >Well I violate no copyright, but spying and access without permission IS a crime.
> >Somebody sue those bastards.
>
> If only I had as many lawyers as Google does. :)
>
> --
> Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
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