I Didn't Realize Windows "Calls Home"

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So I'm checking System Logs on a Windows 7 machine and see a warning, Source: DNS Client Events.

 

It says, "Name resolution for the name dns.msftncsi.com timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded".

 

I get this message because the machine is not leaking when the tunnel is disconnected.

 

I'm thinking, hmmm, msft that rings a bell. I didn't access anything that would query msftncsi.com. So I do a seach for it and came accross this explaination:

 

http://blog.superuser.com/2011/05/16/windows-7-network-awareness/

 

A comment at the end of the discussion questions how Android can detect that “wifi needs authorization” when you connect to a public wifi. I don't have a Droid so I wouldn't know anything about this.

 

I can determine my own connectivity so I just set the value for EnableActiveProbing to 0

[OpenSourcerer 1363]

This is highly interesting! Thank you!

[Corsair28 8]

Interesting indeed thank you for posting!