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Comment from hagar on 2011-02-24

2011-02-25T01:29:35Z

Read an article a while back, that said akamai was involved, in one way or another, with about 70 percent of all internet traffic... there used to be a LOT of articles about it, but I've noticed there aren't many any more. (Hmmm). They have a website, and an interesting internet traffic meter (http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/nui/news/index.html). Back in the day, a standard "proxy hunt" would involve signing up for a "trial" akamai account, and then using that as a "header" for surfing.. since akamai was used in so many applications and sites.
Hope this helps...

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Comment from Kate on 2010-11-08

2010-11-08T19:38:31Z

a.248.e.akamai.net !! This came down as a notice, when I accessed the Nationalrail.co.uk website on Fri 5 Nov '10.

This is what I wrote down in 'long-hand' :

rmd.atdmt.com - a248.e.akamai.net

Common name : a.248.e.akamai.net

Organisation: Akamai Technologies Inc

Serial: 07.27.52.61

Issued by: GTE Cyber Trust Global Koo
GTE Cyber Trust Global Corp

SHAI Fingerprint:
1B : D8 : B7: 7F : 7B: 40 : FB : D1: F5 : 20 : 11 : 7B : F4 : 5B: 9B : DA : 40 : 3D : 6D : 45

MDS Fingerprint:
68 03 FF 6B OD DC C3 17 ED 58 DO 54 12 A3 BA 9C

Not sure if of any use but wrote to National Rail

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Comment from Tonyo Carrera on 2010-08-31

2010-09-01T03:55:51Z

There are intrusive and invasive programs I have also faced not being able to kill ,terminate nor delete.I rebooted in safe mode and went to search the registry and simply deleted everything that was related akamai.net perhaps.
If it does not registered in windows it does not work!! I must also say that Registry editing is for professionals only.

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Comment from TIRED OF SNOOPS on 2010-08-25

2010-08-25T22:15:12Z

Akamai.net *is* truly invasive and it's almost impossible to even surf online without permitting it access to your machine. Sites like MICROSOFT (surprise!), eBay, Breitbart, etc. use it, along with lots of other snoopy devices. We block akamai.net in our firewall, unless we absolutely HAVE TO navigate one of the aforementioned sites, in which case we temporarily allow it access. The less info akamai.net has about your surf habits, the better--but that goes for ALL SNOOPING ONLINE.

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Comment from Haywood Jablome on 2010-08-13

2010-08-14T04:53:34Z

Read: http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/6J00K0K07I.html

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Comment from Haywood Jablome on 2010-08-13

2010-08-14T04:50:28Z

I found akamai from what i suspect is a fishing email. it acts like it came from a bank, actually one that i do business with. it tells me that my account has been limted "due to billing failure" and I am supposed to login and confirm all of my info. And I mean ALL of my info. Account numbers, passwords, PIN numbers, mother's maiden name, father's middle name, city of birth etc, etc,etc.

Being suspicious and familiar with web programming, I checked the source of the page. Everything on the page points back to https://a248.e.akamai.net.

I believe it's probably some type of host-by-proxy service.

I know that no bank would ever ask for as much information as this email.

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Comment from Russell on 2010-07-17

2010-07-17T07:42:30Z

I'm feeling a little paranoid too - yesterday I saw my email client 'The Bat!' was trying to connect to Akamai sites - and I do not have any email accounts with akamai.net set up! It is greatly concerning. Perhaps Zone Alarm is right? I have Zone Alarm Extreme Security, and rarely question its judgement.

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Comment from J B on 2010-06-20

2010-06-21T01:11:30Z

The plot thickens, enter Bandcon. I have been fighting a losing battle against Akamai for the past 2 months, it has become so invasive into every aspect of my internet experience that in every sense of the word Akamai is a virus. It infects, it self replicates, and it defends against action taken against it. The companies buying into Akamai are being sold such a cheap solution to online distribution that they are blindly jumping on board. In retrospect Akamai is the Borg and it's trying to assimilate us all.

To truly understand my fear you have to understand the people behind Akamai. They aren't your run of the mill internet developers, these guys are Israeli and American cyber counter terrorism experts, or maybe its worse even than that, sans the movie Eagle Eye. Akamai is digging itself into everything and digging deep.

After months battling Akamai and finally starting to make a little head way suddenly I am now under attack by Bandcon, so I check it out and lo and behond Bandcon and Akamai are two heads of the same hydra.

At this point I am pretty well convinced this is all government sanctioned watchdogging between Israel and the NSA. I believe they base it out of Israel to avoid the issues, answers, and question of legality that would arise if operated within the US.

I find this kind of conspiracy paranoia pretty far fetched. Akamai is a well known content delivery network used by many web sites, so it's not at all surprising you'd see it in so many different places.

21-Jun-2010

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Comment from Mickey Bankhead on 2010-05-25

2010-05-26T03:17:34Z

Whenever I do software updates from my mac, my firewall shows I'm talking to .akamai.net

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Comment from V Oh on 2010-04-21

2010-04-22T00:45:06Z

Does this process work the same for Symantec and global crossing servers?

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Comment from Timothy York on 2010-04-12

2010-04-12T14:27:46Z

Akamia Tactics Questionable! All be it Internet content caching might be a good thing. My in depth research on this company has lead me to some very alarming conclusions. Shortly after signing on with Road Runner I began to notice much the same as some of these post. It would seem I couldn't go anywhere on the Internet without first going through Akamia Tech. Servers in some capacity. Then our home network began to get hacked. Over the course of the past year I have closely monitored my home network only to now find myself back to the point of which I started. Akamia Tech. No I am not out right accusing Akamia Tech. nor Road Runner at this point. Yet many of the files, folders, and process's I have seen manipulated sure leaves one to question the tactics and techniques of this company.

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Comment from kneelow on 2010-03-28

2010-03-28T20:41:11Z

Hi. The first time Akamai entered my virtual life was a few weeks ago, when I downloaded a Trial/Demo version of the latest Adobe Photoshop to see if it could read CR2 Canon files with Camera Raw.
Adobe referred to Akamai, I downloaded an installer file from Akamai, which worked like a Torrent, downloading the Photoshop File from their server (I suppose). Ever since Akamai or names composed with it (eg. akadns.net) keeps popping up. I have just changed my router and purchased a sitecom one. 5 minutes later I connected it the xxxxxx.akadns.net connection has become xxxxxx.akadns.net.sitecom.
Therefore if you have downloaded or updated any software from Adobe, you've got your answer about Akamai's origins in your pc.
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Comment from twiky24 on 2010-02-16

2010-02-16T15:32:54Z

reading all these comments,i am still at a lost.i woke up one day to find akamia,had landed on my pc,with out asking.were did it come from,i now see that it does,when i open my browser most of the pages tells me can,t connect,so after pulling my hair out and almost sweet talking my pc,to telling me what she was up to,i thought i would look around in my in my control panel,there it was bold as brass,sat there looking at me,i did n,t install this prog,so were did it/how did it get in my pc.do i try to uninstall it?,whats the effects of doing that,will it make orther prog run slow or worse not run at all,i am at a lost,but what i will say,i hate a company who seeks in the back way into my pc,give me the choice to install your software,thank you for listening.twiky24

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Comment from Medawar on 2010-01-04

2010-01-04T15:32:36Z

There's attack sites hosted on it.
One of these works by trying to hijack searches via "google alerts" and then tries to tell you that your windows is infected (even if using a linnux system!) and tries various browser hijacks.

Then, when your firewall and browser have fought all that off, several hits from:
195.27.154.25

for example.

So, it's a bad place, block, avoid, shun.

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Comment from Former RAFL SP on 2009-12-03

2009-12-04T00:22:06Z

Greiviously slow since Akamai first seen on pc

I am concerned as my browser looks hijacked as no matter where I go there are links to akamai.net now. pages need refreshed more than a few times to load pages and I have been using pc's at a high level for nearly 20 years. I have also worked as tech support for an isp back in the day when there were no ready made scripts for people to follow and we figured out how to solve our own problems. I can't get the PC to stop connecting to the akamai sites and my current ISP is telling me that I am connecting to known botnets and my sent packets is incredibly huge comparitively to my received packet count. Akamai is the only listed connection I am not familiar with and one site says it's a federal trace site but the site is down and no other site is able to trace information about it. .... Odd that a reported former spook is saying don't worry.

I am having trouble finding the place to input the range to block on my new version of Zone Alarm so if anyone knows where to add ranges to block manualy please post it.

Sorry Cousin but I have to blow your cover on this one, primarily because my PC is much faster than this and I am sick of your soft getting in my way.

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Comment from JEFF on 2009-06-23

2009-06-23T19:47:56Z

i want to copy a EBAY PAGE [MY CONTENT] into Word,
and Word hangs (with 96.17.111.33 displayed as 'process-subject'?),2nd try. A web-search of 96.17.111.33 names' 'akamai.net'; tritch, or what? This terminal only uses I.E.phisher,pop-up,Protectd.mode'.norton,mcafee, scans--too like fruitfly.

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Comment from Anne on 2009-04-11

2009-04-11T07:00:36Z

I was curious about the akamai connections too. Taking a cue from Robert's post (4/01), I confirmed that at least on my computer, it is Norton's update service.

Click on 'run live update' on Norton & see if your firewall makes connections to Akamai ip addresses - mine were 96.17.107.32, 96.6.245.153 thru port 80. When I shut down Norton's auto-update, so did the Akamai connections.

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Comment from Robert on 2009-04-01

2009-04-01T10:30:28Z

To most of the comments about 'spy' stuff is really incorrect. Symantec (norton) uses akamai.net to do exactly what the articles desribe for its live update services.

As for the paranoia I suggest removing zone alarm because the average comptuer user does not have the knowledge to properly administer it and get concerned about things that done matter.

For the comments about syping etc. . please disregard them, its comming from people who spend too much time on the internet and watching tv.

R (Formerly with the CIA Computer Spy Network)

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Comment from Steve Georgii on 2009-01-29

2009-01-29T11:35:53Z

The main problem with "services" supplied by Akamai.net (and others) is that there are a lot of phishing sites hosted on it, particularly of the "update/re-activate your on-line banking" type.
Being charitable, I like to think that they do not have the resources necessary to monitor exactly what all sites they host are doing in detail. On the other hand, they do make money out of hosting (and selling user data).
The best recourse is to report any problem users to Akamai.net. Either they will deal with the situation out of moral indignation, or eventually because the number of complaints will block their systems.

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Comment from Carolyn on 2008-11-10

2008-11-11T02:52:11Z

I have PCcillin. How do I block the akamai ip range.
72.246.51.0-255. As you said .net only partially.

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Comment from nunyabizniz on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T23:28:57Z

Disable cookies, disable images, disable javascript, use Mozilla, or Firefox, and the addons NoScript, and AdBlock. No more garbage, no more spyware, no more bullshit.

And yes you can still access websites without akamai's garbage. So what if a few images don't show, I have them disabled anyway and can navigate yahoo's mail and other sites just fine.

NoScript only needs to allow mail.yahoo.com and mail.yimg.com to have mail work for yahoo. And only session cookies turned on for the same root names as for AdBlock.

Get a clue people.

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Comment from Bernhard on 2008-05-19

2008-05-20T05:06:33Z

It is!!! a from of spying and I have set my fire wall to block out akamai.net I noticed using System Internal`s TCP viewer that this pararsite akamai was leeching along with my browsing using port # 80, like typical spy ware does connecting to
IP 72.246.51.XXX and if you blocked out a specific number XXX it would just resort to another one. So I blocked the entire range from
0 to 255. Now my browsing is A LOT QUICKER!
Is it not enough that every time you log into a
website NARUS along with programs like "Magic Lantern" and "Carnivore" steel your User Names and
Passwords, while "Triangle Boy" gets your real name and address from your ISP?....Why would you even begin to tolerate Jerks like "Akamai" who as the name implies think they are smarter than you!

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Comment from no follow on 2008-03-14

2008-03-14T17:06:13Z

akamai uses your information in all the above ways and may mix it up to further confuse you. It uses gif files which are really tracking devices like cookies along with providing it's cache service. It is most likely being watched by Big Brother through a statistic service and it will at times serve to gather some personal data if it can. And to JoeSA, they care a lot and clearing your cookies means nothing as the data mining is done whenever the page is refreshed through clicking a link or navigating. I have account with Yahoo and MS and why should I care if they make a statistic out of me? Well I'm not their number or a product of there dollar and I'm not a lab monkey.

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Comment from Dee Dee on 2007-12-31

2007-12-31T20:33:30Z

Little Google search and wikipedia, should have been enough.
akamai is a site that keeps track of number of users, and other information, for sites like yahoo and et al.
And Dr, FYI companies like Yahoo, do need to keep track of number of hits.

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Comment from R. Vail on 2007-12-12

2007-12-13T03:19:23Z

Here is a solution I use with Firefox - http://noscript.net/ Here is what is written on their site:

"The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and others mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript and Java execution only for trusted domains of your choice"

Here is an article by PC World as noscript is one of the 100 Best Products of last year - 2006
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,123771-page,1/article.html

The PC World Top 100 list is here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,125706-page,14-c,technology/article.html

2007's top 100 list is here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935-page,14-c,systems/article.html
Hope this helps ;)

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Comment from JoeSA on 2007-12-05

2007-12-06T07:55:35Z

LAWL paranoia reigns supreme! Who cares what anyone 'knows' about you based on your browsing habits. Everytime you clear your cookies that info is gone and besides it would have been 99.9% anonymous (other than ip) anyway.
Rather go and ask your bank and other financial institutions you use why and to whom they sell your spending habits .. I know because I've written data mining software for companies who use it. It's common practise.

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Comment from Wild3234 on 2007-09-11

2007-09-11T22:08:40Z

Dr is right. Spy service. Part of echelon to spy on you. I knew for along time but really clears it up is that there is this company in Iraq that supplys weapons, bombs, grenades to anyone who basicly has a credit card and they use akamai. Our US Department of defense uses akamai too, now tell me why our country would have any interest in doing business with a company that also host Business's that sell weapons to terrorist?

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Comment from Dr on 2007-06-05

2007-06-05T14:49:07Z

Basically it's a spy service masquerading as a \service\ wake up. What do you think they do with all that info dummies? If you had any brains you'd block it/them. The sites using them would stop using them very quickly if you did, cause you wouldn't see the adds and get a chance to be tricked into clicking on something they know will attract you, George Orwell would role over in his grave. Did you ever think that an akamai cookie was a bit out of place if you didn't hit the site? Not to mention the 'other' uses for the info.

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Comment from Tobi on 2006-06-26

2006-06-26T20:29:46Z

My browser has a myriad of cookies for the domain akamai.net. So Akamai may have really good check on what google identities are coupled with what logins on yahoo and other sites.
This will help them to get to know you better, so they can serve you personalized ads, whether you like it or not...

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Comment from Lou Gascon on 2006-05-20

2006-05-20T17:31:19Z

Just a note: A huge number of websites run through the Akamai site - including the world's four biggest, Yahoo.com, MSN.com, Google.com and Microsoft.com - when Akamai goes down, so will they, as they did in June 2004 ...
My guess is the g is for google...!
c'mon you sleuths
Lov Lou

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Comment from Dominick on 2006-05-19

2006-05-19T17:19:29Z

Sounds good.
I haven't had any problems with sites yet.

I'll allow it and see what happens.

Thanks

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Comment from PeterPac on 2006-05-17

2006-05-18T01:13:24Z

I did testing about akamai and can tell you this if you by chance do block this connection most sites you go to will appear broken as some images will not appear and even the color in the site will be blank. Most akamai outgoing hits are legal on firewalls but if you also have a spyware program and anything comes at you from akamai your spyware host file will block that so dont worry.

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Comment from Stuart on 2006-05-17

2006-05-17T10:51:27Z

One of the reasons ZA *may* be catching Akamai is because they serve a LOT of adverts - see the following Google searches for more info:

http://www.google.com/search?q=akamai+adverts
http://www.google.com/search?q=akamai+ads

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Comment from Dominick on 2006-05-17

2006-05-17T09:02:32Z

Well, I probably blocked it when it popped up in Zone Alarm.

The question now is should I allow it?

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Comment from Dominick on 2006-05-17

2006-05-17T09:02:07Z

Well, I probably blocked it when it popped up in Zone Alarm.

The question now is should I allow it?

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-05-16

2006-05-16T23:18:16Z

Akamai is not just serving of content from distributed servers, but the servers are geographically distributed as well. It attempts to serve the content from the server geographically closest to the person receiving the content.

So, if you're in Los Angeles, it tries to route you through an L.A. based server, rather than serve the content from a datacenter in New York. Besides having to travel a shorter distance, it usually means there are fewer "hops" (data getting passed from one router to another), which lowers latency. All in all, it's trying to make sure the content is delivered as efficiently and speedily as possible.

But, usually the actual link to the content is just using akamai.net or even the domain of the site using Akamai for distribution. Akamai gets the request, determines the best datacenter, and reroutes the request.

A lot of software companies use Akamai for distributing updates. Even Zone Alarm uses them. In fact, when you're running certain programs, it seems Zone Alarm routes its own check for updates through them and then interprets its own action as funny business.

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=access&message.id=24931

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Comment from Ad on 2006-05-16

2006-05-16T08:55:43Z

I've seen this name before when my previous anti-virus program from McAfee (then Network Associates)started downloading virus definition updates (the gas-station icon. Since then I changed anti-virus software so I do not know whether this is still in use.

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