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mrowcp
April 26th, 2010, 11:40
Hello,
First sorry if this is not correct place for this topic.
I read, may be all topics in google for L7 filtering for FreeBSD, but didnt find any solution.Somewhere I read for ipfw-classifyd, but no one write is this script work or not.Is here someone who use it and successful block application trafic?
Thanks

dennylin93
April 26th, 2010, 13:01
As far as I know, L7 filtering isn't reliable and accurate all the time, so not many applications support it (might have a big impact on performance as well). Perhaps just blocking the port or IPs would be sufficient.