By default, Google Chrome sends SSDP network broadcast traffic on the local subnet.
M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1
HOST: 239.255.255.250:1900
MAN: "ssdp:discover"
MX: 1
ST: urn:dial-multiscreen-org:service:dial:1
USER-AGENT: Google Chrome/65.0.3325.162 Windows
To disable the media router feature, launch Chrome and enter chrome://flags/
Search for “media router” and disable the feature.
To disable the auto-playing of videos within Chrome, enter the following URL:
chrome://flags/#autoplay-policy
Use the dropdown to choose “Document user activation required” and restart the browser.
Older TechNet documentation for Windows versions prior to Windows 10 can be found at the link below. This also includes older versions of Windows Server.
OpenSnitch is a host-based firewall for Linux. It is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall on the Mac OS X platform.
https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch
https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20211206
Cloudflare has a DNS service available for public use that claims not to retain log data.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/
Microsoft’s SQL Operations Studio is a free database management utility. It it available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. It supports SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-operations-studio/what-is?view=ssdt-18vs2017
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-operations-studio/download?view=ssdt-18vs2017
The two following PowerShell commands can be used to enable the cloud-protection options within Windows Defender.
Set-MpPreference -MAPSReporting Advanced
Set-MpPreference -SubmitSamplesConsent Always
