Look up squid proxying. That provides application layer support, although
I don't know if squid will proide you with what you need, it should be a
good starting point.
Cheers!
Brian
> can i do it through ipchains...
> well i dont know but i think we can...
> also can i restrict a user in a tcp session as to how much data he can send
> or even analyze or number his packets.
> if yes how...
> rohit
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ryan Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Open port...
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>
> > That depends. What kind of firewall is this? If it is simply a
> > packet-filtering firewall, anything can pass through on port 80. If it is
> an
> > application-layer gateway, only properly formatted HTTP traffic will be
> able to
> > pass through. However, even if you have an ALG, it is still possible to
> tunnel
> > other traffic through HTTP.
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > If I've opened up port 80 on a firewall, does this mean that ONLY HTTP
> > > traffic can pass through, or can anything that's configured to use port
> 80,
> > > can pass through?
> > >
> > > Please advise
> > >
> > > Simon
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