Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:24:44 -0600 From: eculp@casasponti.net To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire Message-ID: <20081126102444.17qwm4xcthvk4kkww@intranet.casasponti.net> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630811260728s4991454ci11a25c3c316f1825@mail.gmail.com> References: <492D51CB.9000201@a1poweruser.com> <20081126081306.17qwm4xcthtwcgw0o@intranet.casasponti.net> <d356c5630811260728s4991454ci11a25c3c316f1825@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> escribi=C3=B3: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:13 AM, <eculp@casasponti.net> wrote: > >> >> Hmmm. Isn't life interesting. I would like to know how to block them an= d >> others without causing strange secondary problems. >> >> Actually a default pf configuration will let them pass unless I'm >> forgetting something important. >> >> ed >> > > I share your pain, Ed. I've had to perform 3 complete re-installations of > computers in my household in the last year. Each time, I found a > ".limewire" file in a user's application folder. The boys are now banned > from my wife's computer. When the last culprit get's his computer back, h= e > will find it running an operating system that is not supported by Limewire= . > The next time, he'll get it back without a network card. > > Andrew :) I understand. Hopefully someone has a reasonably efficient pf or =20 ipfw based solution. If it cuts some of the microsoft traffic that I =20 am seeing much more of recently, I won't complain either. I have tried =20 to control them by ip's and but domain names with limited success. =20 Too many windows boxes at the office. have a great day, ed
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