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This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Previous Next. Le Boule MVP. How satisfied are you with this reply? It is used by many software and media publishers to deliver files or streams to you. In reply to Le Boule's post on August 7, Akamai does not come right out and say it, but the reason NetSession is installed on your computer is to allow them to use your computer to "upstream" content to other users.

By installing NetSession, you are allowing Akamai to use your idle bandwidth to upload files to other Akamai users. They say that NetSession will only use your computer when it is "idle or utilizing minimal network resources. And since bandwidth usage varies from second to second, that info must be sent up to Akamai a lot. Wait a minute, didn't they just say they only captured the sort of info that web servers capture? Web servers don't capture info on bandwidth use.

What other information does Akamai capture? I could not find any specifics on their site. So if you install NetSession, you will be joining a peer-to-peer network, and allowing Akamai to deliver files from your computer at times when Akamai deems you to be utilizing your bandwidth minimally. I also have a security concern about the files I am receiving from NetSession.

It seems like it would not be difficult to download a file using NetSession, modify it to carry a virus payload, and then leave that computer idle, and wait for NetSession to transmit the infected file to other NetSession users. I would hope that Akamai has taken steps to address this concern, but I can't find any information on that.

In reply to OnTech's post on February 18, I don't have netsession installed, yet I still get sockets opening to their site.

The process was explorer. Sounds like netsession is malware. You're extrapolating from a single sentence in a much larger document, ever heard of 'context'? A proper answer requires a much better explanation than you've given here - you are guessing about the way it captures information and positing it as fact.

Akamai's primary role is to take the burden off a company's web site by mirroring their content and serving it from Akamai servers. It's simply a way for web-busy companies to be able to offload their worries about hardware and distribution - Akamai carries the burden of the server hardware and management, and it makes sense. Companies can focus on what they do best and not have to worry about their internet servers; Akamai can focus on what they do best, that is, serving data to the internet.

One benefit from this is that you are probably getting data from a close-by Akamai server instead of maybe the other side of the world. The reason for file sharing going on between clients is that those common files which are downloaded anyway, even if Akamai wasn't in the background are always common to a particular web presence - such as fixed banners and company logos. Expand all Collapse all sort by most recent sort by thread. Akamai NetSession Client. It has nothing to do with Symantec endpoint.

Not sure where Swapnil got this info.. Broadcom Employee. Migration User. Posted AM. Reply Reply Privately Options Dropdown. Posted PM. Trusted Advisor. Mithun Sanghavi. Instead of using IP addresses to create firewall rules to permit traffic, rules should allow connections to the following domains: HTTP liveupdate.

It wont harm your system. But if you are download too much data Game or software updates,download new games,online video streamings etc it will help you. Netsession is safe and reliable. There isnt violate privacy. It's not malware.

Its tool for improve speed of connection. Under service hit the stop. Select Akamai NetSession Interface 3. Start cmd. Type: admintool. Application-UtilitesFolder-Open Terminal 2.

Type ;. Delivers 95 exabytes of data a year. This means it will use your internet for deliver data. This doesn't impact your internet speed. It will activate only when your pc is idle. You can see Akamai netsession client on task manager. You can close it from there. Content delivery networks are backbones of the internet.



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