How to disable AssetCacheLocatorService (or blacklist AssetCaches)?
The ISP I use has a single public IP address which is shared across multiple customers (carrier grade NAT).
It seems that another one of their clients has enabled an AssetCache and this has been associated with the shared public IP.
I do not have access to any devices on this other person's network (nor would I want to as I don't know anything about their cache).
This is preventing Software Update in Mojave from working correctly and causing an error of "The request timed out". The AppStore however works fine.
As a workaround I've been downloading the updates manually but would like to know if there is any solution to this problem?
Here is the output of AssetCacheLocatorUtil (IPs / GUIDs redacted) in case that sheds any light on my issue:
$ AssetCacheLocatorUtil
2018-12-07 11:09:51.679 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] AssetCacheLocatorUtil version 83.3, framework version 83.3
2018-12-07 11:09:51.679 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Determining public IP address...
2018-12-07 11:09:53.647 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] This computer's public IP address is a.b.c.d.
2018-12-07 11:09:53.648 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] --- Information for system services:
2018-12-07 11:09:55.086 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.086 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding refreshed content caches supporting personal caching and import...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.086 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.086 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding refreshed content caches supporting shared caching...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] 192.168.1.41:60093, rank 1, guid VVVVVVVV-WWWW-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ, valid until 2018-12-07 12:09:55; supports personal caching: yes, and import: yes, shared caching: yes
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Determining configured public IP address ranges...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] No public IP address ranges are configured.
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] --- Information for user 501 (results for other users may be different):
2018-12-07 11:09:55.087 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Checking whether there might be content caches available...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.088 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] There might be content caches available.
2018-12-07 11:09:55.088 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding saved content caches supporting personal caching...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.088 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.088 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding saved content caches supporting personal caching and import...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.089 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.089 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding saved content caches supporting shared caching...
2018-12-07 11:09:55.089 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:55.090 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] 192.168.1.41:60093, rank 1, guid VVVVVVVV-WWWW-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ, valid until 2018-12-07 12:01:14; supports personal caching: yes, and import: yes, shared caching: yes
2018-12-07 11:09:55.090 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding refreshed content caches supporting personal caching...
2018-12-07 11:09:56.524 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:56.524 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding refreshed content caches supporting personal caching and import...
2018-12-07 11:09:56.524 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:56.524 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Finding refreshed content caches supporting shared caching...
2018-12-07 11:09:56.525 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Found 1 content cache
2018-12-07 11:09:56.525 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] 192.168.1.41:60093, rank 1, guid VVVVVVVV-WWWW-XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZZZZZZZZZ, valid until 2018-12-07 12:09:56; supports personal caching: yes, and import: yes, shared caching: yes
2018-12-07 11:09:56.525 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Determining configured public IP address ranges...
2018-12-07 11:09:56.525 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] No public IP address ranges are configured.
2018-12-07 11:09:56.525 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] Testing all found content caches for reachability...
2018-12-07 11:10:06.530 AssetCacheLocatorUtil[845:26833] This computer is unable to reach 1 of the above content caches: 192.168.1.41:60093
MacBook Pro Retina