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x64 · 02-07-2012, 10:05 AM

Hey guys.

I am reading this forum for months. Thankyou again for the great support to all the great comunity here !

I have a kindle 4 non-touch - wich broke last week (without doing anything, the screen went all garbled and the lower part wasn't usable anymore).

Amazon Waranty service - sent me another one wich arived today. You know the procedure ... they deregistered the old one - and registered the new one in my account. All went well.

I ordered today a "replacement kindle 4 screen" from alibaba (some components ??? website).

My old kindle it's rooted (THANKYOU guys again).

IF I fix the screen (repair the screen) - I know I can still use the old one (without registering to amazon) by transfering books via USB from my computer BUT I need a viable way to BLOCK all traffic to and from amazon.com. Searching the internet i've seen some people saying that Amazon will "brick" my old device. Some people say they will "push update OTA"... well ... alot of opinions.

I want to BLOCK Amazon access to my device permanently but allow internet access to any other website (aka wikipedia / google ... whatever). I've found a K3 related post here ... but altering the route with route add default deny ... won't work for me (I would like more than local LAN access).

My question is actually NOT the iptables rules, but the IP's / addresses that I need to filter out. I will write the -DROP rules myself.

Thankyou so much again !

02-07-2012, 10:05 AM	#1
x64 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: K4 Non-Touch	Iptables Rule to Block Amazon access to kindle 4 non-touch Hey guys. I am reading this forum for months. Thankyou again for the great support to all the great comunity here ! I have a kindle 4 non-touch - wich broke last week (without doing anything, the screen went all garbled and the lower part wasn't usable anymore). Amazon Waranty service - sent me another one wich arived today. You know the procedure ... they deregistered the old one - and registered the new one in my account. All went well. I ordered today a "replacement kindle 4 screen" from alibaba (some components ??? website). My old kindle it's rooted (THANKYOU guys again). IF I fix the screen (repair the screen) - I know I can still use the old one (without registering to amazon) by transfering books via USB from my computer BUT I need a viable way to BLOCK all traffic to and from amazon.com. Searching the internet i've seen some people saying that Amazon will "brick" my old device. Some people say they will "push update OTA"... well ... alot of opinions. I want to BLOCK Amazon access to my device permanently but allow internet access to any other website (aka wikipedia / google ... whatever). I've found a K3 related post here ... but altering the route with route add default deny ... won't work for me (I would like more than local LAN access). My question is actually NOT the iptables rules, but the IP's / addresses that I need to filter out. I will write the -DROP rules myself. Thankyou so much again !