Other domains that Emby "phones home" to?

[notpiika 1]

Hi,

I'm trying to block as much phoning home from all my applications as possible, and I was wondering if there were any domains other than `mb3admin.com` I need to block from my network. I'm aware this will result in drastically reduced functionality, and many things will not work: but that's okay for me, since everything I need Emby to do works without those features (plugin store, etc.)

Thanks!

[Carlo 4561]

Set a rule for Emby to allow all traffic to pass.  Emby uses a lot of outbound requests for different things like meta-data but that is to support your media/content.

[notpiika 1]

6 minutes ago, cayars said:

Set a rule for Emby to allow all traffic to pass.  Emby uses a lot of outbound requests for different things like meta-data but that is to support your media/content.

I'm aware that it makes requests to metadata agents and such, but I'm talking about specifically things that only Emby uses, such as `mb3admin.com`

[Happy2Play 9785]

Emby alone should be mb3admin and github.  You should see everything via debug logging.  

Note debug logging requires a restart to enable and disable this option. Dashboard-Logs

 

2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: IntervalTrigger fired for task: Check for application updates
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: Queueing task SystemUpdateTask
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: Executing Check for application updates
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Info HttpClient: GET https://api.github.com/repos/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: IntervalTrigger fired for task: Check for plugin updates
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: Queueing task PluginUpdateTask
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: Executing Check for plugin updates
2020-07-11 01:08:57.222 Info HttpClient: GET https://www.mb3admin.com/admin/service/EmbyPackages.json
2020-07-11 01:08:58.488 Debug TaskManager: Check for plugin updates Completed after 0 minute(s) and 1 seconds

 

[notpiika 1]

1 minute ago, Happy2Play said:

Emby alone should be mb3admin and github.  You should see everything via debug logging.  

Note debug logging requires a restart to enable and disable this option. Dashboard-Logs

 

2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: IntervalTrigger fired for task: Check for application updates
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: Queueing task SystemUpdateTask
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Debug TaskManager: Executing Check for application updates
2020-07-11 01:08:56.503 Info HttpClient: GET https://api.github.com/repos/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: IntervalTrigger fired for task: Check for plugin updates
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: Queueing task PluginUpdateTask
2020-07-11 01:08:57.221 Debug TaskManager: Executing Check for plugin updates
2020-07-11 01:08:57.222 Info HttpClient: GET https://www.mb3admin.com/admin/service/EmbyPackages.json
2020-07-11 01:08:58.488 Debug TaskManager: Check for plugin updates Completed after 0 minute(s) and 1 seconds

 

Oh yeah, that works too. Thanks!

Is there any other reason Emby requests to mb3admin other than:

- License checks

- Requesting plugin list

? For example, some periodic telemetry upload about the media in libraries?

Thanks again!

[Happy2Play 9785]

1 minute ago, notpiika said:

Oh yeah, that works too. Thanks!

Is there any other reason Emby requests to mb3admin other than:

- License checks

- Requesting plugin list

? For example, some periodic telemetry upload about the media in libraries?

Thanks again!

Not that I am aware of.

[notpiika 1]

10 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Not that I am aware of.

Cool, thanks again!