On Wed, 28 May 1997, Joey Hess wrote: > Martin Schulze: > > rwhod distributes it's information on _every_ interface which is > > broadcastable. This includes loopback and eth0, and also sl0 and I > > suppose ppp0, too. So if you run rwhod you should start it before > > your link is up and before it notices that there are some more > > broadcastable interfaces > > Oh. That changes everything. I do _not_ want rwhod sending info to my > isp over my ppp link, which is up all the time anyway. Darn.
you could install a firewall rule with ipfwadm which stopped rwho traffic from leaving your LAN. ipfwadm is very useful - you can use it to stop all kinds of unwanted things...rwho, junkmail from cyberpromo.com, etc. craig -- craig sanders networking consultant Available for casual or contract temporary autonomous zone system administration tasks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
