RFC Identify Microsoft Updates


The text file version is located here: RFC_Identify_Microsoft_Updates

This script identifies Microsoft update servers so that they can be rate limited, paused, or blocked. The final action is not built out.

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# Rick Frey Consulting Identify Microsoft Updates #
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# Author: Rick Frey #
# email: rickfrey1000@gmail.com #
# Username in MikroTik Forum is rickfrey #
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# License #
# This script has been created for use by the general public and may be used freely. #
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# Features
# – Identifies Apple Update Servers
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/ip firewall address-list
add address=windowsupdate.microsoft.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=update.microsoft.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=windowsupdate.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=download.windowsupdate.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=wustat.windows.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=ntservicepack.microsoft.com list=”Microsoft Updates”
add address=go.microsoft.com list=”Microsoft Updates”

/ip firewall mangle
add action=mark-packet chain=prerouting dst-address-list=”Microsoft Updates” new-packet-mark=”Microsoft Updates” passthrough=yes
add action=mark-packet chain=prerouting new-packet-mark=”Microsoft Updates” passthrough=yes src-address-list=”Microsoft Updates”

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