On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:18:25AM -0400, Jason Opperisano wrote: > > I am running Redhat Linux 9.0 machine for routing as well as > > iptables firewall for my network serving win 98 clients. For > > security reasons I do not want win 98 clinets to use pier to pier > > for transfering files/data among them. In this case win 98 clients > > do not need to talk to server. > > Is it possible to Jam pier to pier network ? so that copying of > > files from one win 98 client to other can be restricted. > > a firewall can only filter traffic that passes through it. if your > clients are all sitting on a LAN together, there is no way for an > upstream firewall to keep them from communicating with each other. Not quite true, sort of, but we're into Firewall / IPS ( Intrusion Prevention System ) territory here. "Snort" *might* be able to deny traffic on the network, failing that you're probably looking at commercial software. -- "I think a church with a lightning rod shows a decided lack of confidence"
