From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 00:17:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09A216A4A7 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:17:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A5343EE9 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:07:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so332209wra for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:08:42 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MXoExrdEgWbFzOETL0/WNJC2pT/1xSeS09g67AF2yg6/pSdUDIu8gCzKtJNoN5PjoRl/3cOr9ZvhHaVtXswMTJM8zcg6eiR4It/7lj7fRH7neSSwWD7IbJUMI3Q1IFc3bSTVmdt7pH7Vb5ti0+cfdNNPQ8JNtubeYf18ca+gdQ0= Received: by 10.90.56.14 with SMTP id e14mr134131aga.1166141321875; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:08:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.23.4 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:08:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:08:41 +0200 From: "Ivo Vachkov" To: "Benjamin Adams" In-Reply-To: <200612141906.kBEJ6Mta090540@fire.jhs.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <6199c3dc0612140941n48832de0id6710f3f3e98345d@mail.gmail.com> <200612141821.kBEILi97090287@fire.jhs.private> <200612141906.kBEJ6Mta090540@fire.jhs.private> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-net Subject: Re: stop bittorrents X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:17:57 -0000 I'm not familiar with bittorrent protocol but I guess you can always implement simple L7 filter using ipfw rules to divert packets to a custom daemon that can parse the data and drop torrent packets. I did something similar for ICQ several years ago. On 12/14/06, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Thus you'd still achieve your ideal of > > avoiding spending money rather than your time on it :-) > > Sorry, I wrote that wrongly, I meant: > Thus you'd still spend money & still save spending your own work time on > it. > > -- > Julian Stacey. BSD Unix C Net Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen > http://berklix.com > Mail Ascii, not HTML. Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. > http://berklix.org/free-software > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie