> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > AIUI, you won't be stopping and restarting ipfw - the ipfw command just > > modifies the ruleset being used by a continuously-running instance of the > > ipfw kernel module or daemon or whatever. How long it takes from starting > > the os.system call to the changes taking effect in the firewall, though, i > > have no idea - it might not be fast enough for you. I'd be surprised if it > > was more than a few hundred milliseconds, though, and really ought to be > > much, much faster than that. > > Thanks Tom Again, I will give it a go and post back with my findings
re: http://wipfw.sourceforge.net/?page=home Tom, this looks good. I had it downloaded, installed and running some custom rules in under 5 minutes. Very simple and straightforward. > AIUI, you won't be stopping and restarting ipfw This is correct, the service doesn't appear to restart, the rule updates are actioned very quickly (instantaneous) I haven't had chance to try it integrated into a Python app, but it looks very promising,. Thanks again -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
