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W10 list of ports that can be blocked without affecting the updates?

In the old UBB there was a thread that had a list of sites that Window 10 connected to. The aim was to provide a list of ports and sites that were needed for the w10 update process.

I tried the search in the old UBB, but was returned a 404 which means the site is basically useless as a reference.

Ian

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0 AzRoN over 9 years ago

Haven't used Windows 10 yet... still waiting for my 'free update' at home. However, do Windows 10 updates not work out of the box? Is the web filter too aggressive??
What about this WUDO stuff I read about, is this relevant?
www.computerworld.com/.../windows-10-commandeers-users-upload-bandwidth.html

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0 Emile Belcourt over 9 years ago

Windows should only use port 80 and port 25, rarely, for update downloading. As Azron linked, there are other ways for the update to communicate but this looks more for local listening for P2P of local systems for Windows Update than external communication. This is solely to save on external bandwidth.

Windows Update functionality is generally done on port 80 because it is able to scale through most firewalls regardless of it's set up.

A related topic that might answer the list of sites that Windows 10 connects to is here and it's capability of being blocked/allowed through webfiltering: www.astaro.org/.../58583-heres-how-block-windows-10-spying.html

If you still can't access the link, search on Google for "site:astaro.org web filtering windows 10 updates" without quotes and you can view the cached content on the hits there by clicking the little green arrow next to the link in the search result.
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0 tim2611 over 9 years ago

I think you are meaning this thread:

Here's how to Block Windows 10 "Spying"

I have gathered from different sources the sites that Windows 10 use to send informations collected from your computer.

You just need to go into: Web Protection -> Web Filtering -> Policies -> Default content filter action

Under Websites -> Block Theses Websites Import this list :



ads1.msn.com
a.ads1.msn.com
a.ads2.msn.com
adnexus.net
adnxs.com
aidps.atdmt.com
apps.skype.com
az361816.vo.msecnd.net
az512334.vo.msecnd.net
a.rad.msn.com
a.ads2.msads.net
ac3.msn.com
aka-cdn-ns.adtech.de
b.rad.msn.com
b.ads2.msads.net
b.ads1.msn.com
bs.serving-sys.com
c.msn.com
cdn.atdmt.com
cds26.ams9.msecn.net
c.atdmt.com
db3aqu.atdmt.com
ec.atdmt.com
flex.msn.com
g.msn.com
h1.msn.com
live.rads.msn.com
msntest.serving-sys.com
m.adnxs.com
m.hotmail.com
pricelist.skype.com
rad.live.com
secure.flashtalking.com
static.2mdn.net
s.gateway.messenger.live.com
secure.adnxs.com
sO.2mdn.net
ui.skype.com
www.msftncsi.com
msftncsi.com
view.atdmt.com
msnbot-65-55-108-23.search.msn.com
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
schemas.microsoft.akadns.net 
a-0001.a-msedge.net
a-0002.a-msedge.net
a-0003.a-msedge.net
a-0004.a-msedge.net
a-0005.a-msedge.net
a-0006.a-msedge.net
a-0007.a-msedge.net
a-0008.a-msedge.net
a-0009.a-msedge.net
msedge.net
a-msedge.net
lb1.www.ms.akadns.net
pre.footprintpredict.com
vortex-bn2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net
vortex-cy2.metron.live.com.nsatc.net

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0 rfcat_vk over 9 years ago

Thank you Tim and Emile,
that is the information Ii was looking for.

Ian M

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