WHY hasn't google fixed this? Bonus - a new word.

by Jesse 19. August 2008 16:50

I happen to notice some activity on my network this evening and, well, that shouldn't, so I looked into it.  Upon a google search regarding UDP port 50085 and came across a term, GateMAC -- search away!  What I found was the following clones (see:ALL THE SAME).  This irritates me to no end.

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3383218.php

http://www.winvistaclub.com/forum/windows-vista-general-topics/7031-gatemac.html

http://forums.techarena.in/vista-help/891380.htm

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/31485161/what-is-a-gatemac-network.aspx

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/120869-what-gatemac-network.html

http://www.mindfrost82.com/f166-windows-vista/39494-what-gatemac-network.html#post541507

6 of them? I mean seriously. that's ALMOST as bad as having search results of search results.  What the hell!?  This does nothing than waste my time and clutter my searches with CRAP.  From now on, I'm calling them spoogle.  That's right, spam + google = spoogle.  From now on, when I run into spoogles, I'm posting them.  How exactly are these things created?  WHY are they created?  More ads?  More angry blog posts from people like me?  What's the reasoning behind this crap?  Egh, and to think, sometimes I found things useful @ egghead.

Oh and no, none of them contained a useful answer.  I ended up writing a quick IPSec policy that prohibits 50085 udp traffic outside of my home network, period.  Take that.

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