<< It is impossible to know what all those IPs are, so what is possible instead is whitelisting instead of blacklisting. << The point was that it's pointless t

<< It is impossible to know what all those IPs are, so what is possible instead is whitelisting instead of blacklisting. << The point was that it's pointless to even think in terms of "apps and devices going around my choke point" because there never was a choke point in the first place. I am not sure why I detect snark. Either it is possible or it is not possible. You argue that we can only assume that things are not communicating with outside world is if there is no network to begin with, which is not completely unreasonable position to take knowing what we know -- cat and mouse gaming being what it is. But even that is slowly becoming less of an option. << You could do that, but was it useful or interesting to even say? Are you suggesting that this conversation is pointless? I don't see it that way. edit: after all, I am participating in this exchange.