How to block iDrive backups

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How to block iDrive backups

Hello! IDrive is horrific backup software IMO but people use it and it eats bandwidth. It’s not a preset in layer 7 rules in wireless firewall settings. Anybody know how to nerf it?

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Does this work?

 

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Despite the branding it is not an Apple product.

 

https://www.idrive.com

Networking geek since high school where I got half of a CCNA. Played Marathon II and Infinity over localtalk.
Made many a network over the years, now de facto admin of a retreat center with some of this fine Meraki hardware.
Fortune 100 Tech veteran/refugee.

In that case, port the machine down.  Start a packet capture on "port 53".  Start the machine up and then start the backup.

 

Examine all the DNS queries.  You should see something related to that product.  Then create a firewall rule to block access to that DNS domain.

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Networking geek since high school where I got half of a CCNA. Played Marathon II and Infinity over localtalk.
Made many a network over the years, now de facto admin of a retreat center with some of this fine Meraki hardware.
Fortune 100 Tech veteran/refugee.
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