Originally Posted by ashes11
Well, no, it's not obvious. The block is a secret shared by curse and WoWI, secret enough and effective enough that they expect the block to be permanent. What would they have lost by giving us some warning?
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There's only a few ways you can block HTTP requests. The key is figuring out what requests belong to the WM client. Every route used to "identify WM traffic" can be spoofed. So in essence, the block is merely temporary. This is why starting such a war is a bad idea; you can't win. Internet packets are anonymous. The "source IP" is always the person's machine. You can't block WM traffic. Just like Hulu is unable to block Boxee. (for the exact same technical reasons, too)