Re:72% of smart TVs and 46% of game consoles hardcode DNS se...
by throwaway201103 on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:13PM
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Yes, from your IoT devices maybe you do.
The usual approach to setting up a firewall is a default of "block everything" and then selectively allow only what is needed.
Most people cheat and only do this on inbound connections, allowing everything on the egress side, because it's easier. But if you want to block your IoT devices from making outbound https connections, you easily can.
There's nothing really new going on here. It's always been possible to tunnel one protocol over another, or use nonstandard ports, and use encryption on the traffic to hide what you're doing.
The usual approach to setting up a firewall is a default of "block everything" and then selectively allow only what is needed.
Most people cheat and only do this on inbound connections, allowing everything on the egress side, because it's easier. But if you want to block your IoT devices from making outbound https connections, you easily can.
There's nothing really new going on here. It's always been possible to tunnel one protocol over another, or use nonstandard ports, and use encryption on the traffic to hide what you're doing.