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Date:      Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:00:30 -0700
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions List <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Howto do protocol filtering on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20000821000030.D28027@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008210837360.38260-100000@hq1.tyfon.net>; from dl@tyfon.net on Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 08:39:32AM %2B0200
References:  <20000819000533.P28027@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008210837360.38260-100000@hq1.tyfon.net>

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On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 08:39:32AM +0200, Dan Larsson wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Crist J . Clark wrote:
> 
> | On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 12:53:25AM +0200, Dan Larsson wrote:
> | > Let's say I only want to allow IP based traffic through
> | > my router how do I filter out all other protocols?
> | 
> | Well, a FreeBSD router isn't going to route anything but IP and
> | possibly IPv6 unless you make efforts to do otherwise. What kind of
> | traffic are you trying to drop?
> 
> Well, basically everything that is not traffic to or from an internet
> resource using tcp. (such as netbios over ip)

NetBIOS over IP is still IP. It also does use TCP and UDP. If you want
to block it, best off blocking UDP and TCP ports 137-139. Otherwise,
your router would have to be inspecting packets above the network and
transport layers, and that's probably not really something a router
should be doing.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.com


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