[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Andrew Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hmmm. Isn't life interesting. I would like to know how to block them and >>> 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, he >> 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 > ipfw based solution. If it cuts some of the microsoft traffic that I > am seeing much more of recently, I won't complain either. I have tried > to control them by ip's and but domain names with limited success. > Too many windows boxes at the office.
Regardless of what you do to "control" the unwanted applications, I'd monitoring the traffic on the network as well. I don't put many limits on what my kid can do on the network, but he knows I'm looking over his shoulder. Virtually speaking. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"