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how to stop Firefox connections to *compute.amazonaws.com , *googleusercontent.com and *.r.cloudfront.net

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samvejha
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I have blocked all URLs to connect from Browser, still Firefox is making connections to *compute.amazonaws.com , *googleusercontent.com and *.r.cloudfront.net. Please help urgently on how to stop such connections.

Thanks Samvedna

I have blocked all URLs to connect from Browser, still Firefox is making connections to *compute.amazonaws.com , *googleusercontent.com and *.r.cloudfront.net. Please help urgently on how to stop such connections. Thanks Samvedna

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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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Try this. https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

samvejha
samvejha Question owner
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Thank you for the suggestion. What to add in /etc /hosts? Below entry doesn't help.

127.0.0.1 amazonaws.com

Thanks Samvedna

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that Firefox uses some CDN servers like Amazon AWS Cloudfront for internal use and you may not be able to block them.

samvejha
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What should be official response to customers running Firefox on systems which is in their private network still connecting to CDN servers? Appreciate your support.

Thanks Samvedna