On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 04:27:26PM -0200, Gustavo Rios wrote: > Dear list members, > > i am setting up a firewall and would like to block any packet > destinated to a multicast address with a protocol not equal to udp. Is > this a sound rule? Is it possible? >
Sure it is possible if it is sound is up to you. e.g. OSPF does not use UDP. Btw. unless you enable multicast forwarding and add some multicast routes no multicast traffic will traverse your firewall. -- :wq Claudio