ipfirewall tricks

[Murray Taylor]

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> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Curl
> Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2006 9:35 AM
> To: freebsd-questions
> Subject: ipfirewall tricks
> 
> I want to limit time my kids spend on the internet.
> The way I am doing it is to make varying, seperate ipf.rules 
> files and install them from cron at the appropriate time.
> Problem is, if I make a change to one file, I generally have 
> to update all the others accordingly.
> 
> Is there a better way? I have read man ipf but didnt come out 
> with any ideas.
> 
> 
> --
> --
> Bryan
> bc3910 'at' gmail 'dot' com

try ipa from ports...

it is an 'accounting' packege that monitors the firewall,
and can activate/deactivate rules based on usage, time-of-day etc 
(if I remember correctly)

Murray Taylor

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Bytecraft Systems

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