Thread: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Old 28-05-2008, 16:40   #7362
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Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797]
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Originally Posted by SelfProtection View Post
Something I must mention is, it is not totally true that a Firewall cannot affect this system. If the correct IP addresses or ranges are added to the firewall rules, it can badly affect the profiler forcing a temporary blacklisting of the current IP.

This however may or may not result in the DPI inspection taking place as there are still not clear details from either BT or Phorm!
Using your firewall to block webwise addresses is the last thing you want to do. It will make it impossible to browse the web on port 80 as the machine needs a valid webwise IP for the network to route it onto the internet.

BT have confirmed this explicitly.

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