Block outgoing TCP connection to a given host or IP?
Question
Is it possible to intercept an outgoing TCP connection to a given host or IP in Windows and block that connection on the TCP level, i.e. at the connect(...)
layer? Or prevent connection to a specific IP in the first place?
Or do I need to write a packet filter to intercept traffic to a certain address?
Solution
It's probably best to simply use the system's firewall API. On Windows: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366449(v=VS.85).aspx
Otherwise you are going to be writing drivers and such... complete hassle considering the functionality is built into the OS these days.
OTHER TIPS
On linux? Configure iptables to drop the connection, perhaps.
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