From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 3 20:56:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA01604 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from BIGFUN.vwcom.com ([151.197.101.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA01598 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 20:55:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WillsCreek.COM (gw.willscreek.com [151.197.101.46]) by BIGFUN.vwcom.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id XAA01764 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:23:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from current.willscreek.com (bmc@current.willscreek.com [172.16.87.1]) by WillsCreek.COM (8.8.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15275 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:28:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bmc@localhost) by current.willscreek.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) id XAA00886; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:28:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 23:28:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199709040328.XAA00886@current.willscreek.com> From: Brian Clapper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disallowing IRC traffic In-Reply-To: <25490324@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.23 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Terry Todd wrote: > I have a setup where my 2.1.6 freebsd system acts as a router for > my LAN in my house connecting via PPP to my ISP. I would like to > be able to let everything run in and out except IRC traffic. > What's the best way to do this? Assume you wish to screen IRC traffic (i.e., block it at the gateway), you want the `ipfw' software. See the section in the FreeBSD Handbook entitled `Firewalls'. ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ "I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate." -- former Vice-President Dan Quayle