Blocking urls that client/server communicates with?

[Aequi]

I'v got a question.

I normally run a software-firewall and try to run a tight ship on my computer, this means in the case of Teamspeak, that both the TS client and server process is permanently banned from talking to the two urls that it attempts to talk to.

they are...
Webpost.teamspeak.org
dbd2.mine.nu

With what purpous does the client/serve need to talk with these two sites for???

With the unfortunate ban-bug, i found that i could connect fine, when others could't and i assume its because neither the client or the server can call home and ask permission.

But is blocking these urls then ALSO against the license?

....i'm both curius about their purpous and what arguments you might have for allowing the client/server to talk to "strangers" about something.

[R. Ludwig]

hi there,

Webpost.teamspeak.org, dbd2.mine.nu = our webserver.

the server contacts this url to send an udp packet which
gives us infos on how many users/servers running.
we will use this infos in future to build a new weblist.
also with one of the next server releases this functionalty
can be disabled.

the client contacts this url for getting infos if there is a new
version avaible and also to get a list of banned server ips.

this blocking is ofcourse not against the license!

regards,
ralf