http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r16191869 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:52:57 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:52:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16304439 Qwerky : Hi Graham, my Windows Update IP group currently contains 20 entries; six of those are ranges. It seems that each day one more will be added, either as a new entry or an expansion of a range. They all belong to only about eight different company names, including MS and Hotmail. Others include Abovenet Communications, Akamai Technologies, Level 3 Communications, Qwest Communications, and Savvis. I suspect, though, that the exact sources will vary depending on the user's country.

This is by far the largest IP group I have. I haven't found it to be too bad updating the list about once a day, but if I ever do, then I guess I could just expand them to include the entire range owned by each company, and not be bothered again.
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Qwerky]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16304439 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:40:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16303223 Graham1 : Glad you got things sorted out :). Did you manage to get a list of ip addresses for windows update?

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16303223 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:39:43 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16303130 Qwerky : Hi Graham, thanks for the reply.

After the initial burn-in period (with a flurry of activity), things seem to be settling down quite nicely. I tend to use IP groups for almost everything. When a new group is formed, it takes a little while to accumulate the required IPs, and after that it's pretty low maintenance. Since posting this question, GMail gave me one more new IP, for a total of six, and it's been quiet ever since.

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Qwerky]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16303130 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:26:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16301054 Graham1 : Personally, I would allow for any address. It will give you less hassle in the long run. I tend to only use ip groups for windows services such as DHCP and DNS. If you would still prefer to use ip groups, then enable logging. This should give you a quite a few ip addresses over time to add into the group.

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16301054 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:13:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16191869 Qwerky : Hello All,

I have this rule for my e-mail client:

Permit e-mail client TCP Outbound Local Port 1024-4999 Remote Port 110, 25, 995, 465, 587 E-Mail Servers IP Group.

The E-Mail Servers IP Group contains the IPs of my e-mail servers (duh), including GMail. But the GMail IPs often vary throughout a wide range within the 64.233.x group. Google owns 64.233.160.0 - 64.233.191.255. Is it safe to allow that entire range?

ADVthanksANCE

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Qwerky]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16191869 Mon, 29 May 2006 02:48:18 EDT