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It could be an attempt to bypass DNS blacklists. I have Microsoft domains blacklisted on my pi-hole because I find their telemetry practices so difficult to con
by stult 8y ago
It could be an attempt to bypass DNS blacklists. I have Microsoft domains blacklisted on my pi-hole because I find their telemetry practices so difficult to constrain otherwise. Not sure if I caught any micrsoft domains, but there were definitely some that seemed intentionally semi-obfuscated, with msft or something like that instead of the full company name.
- woolvalley 8y agoIs there a specific update url you whitelist?
- AndrewGaspar 8y agoI'd actually lean towards it being the opposite - put the thing that people and organizations would be inclined to block on a separate domain so that the core business domain isn't blocked. EDIT: Seems like there are a lot *.microsoft.com URLs, too, so disregard this theory.
- mordechai9000 8y agoI have seen internal groups use domains like this simply because the process for using the primary domain is too onerous, or corporate divisions make it otherwise problematic.
- picsao 8y agoBut it's all peer 2 peer