Xref: utzoo news.software.nntp:815 comp.dcom.lans:5901 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!palkovic From: palkovic@linac.fnal.gov (John A. Palkovic) Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.dcom.lans Subject: Can NNTP be blocked? Message-ID: Date: 12 Sep 90 19:23:52 GMT Sender: palkovic@linac.fnal.gov Reply-To: palkovic@linac.fnal.gov Followup-To: news.software.nntp Distribution: na Organization: Fermilab Beer and Pizza Society Lines: 12 Suppose there was a workstation at an institution where the higher ups frown on malicious, harmful activities like reading USENET news :-). The fascists in the network dept would like to block NNTP from a computer which is on an LAN connected to the internet through some sort of network router/gateway (e.g. a cisco router). Is it possible to do this in software (cutting the ethernet cable is not a valid answer)? -- John Palkovic (708) 840-3527 linac!palkovic, palkovic@linac.fnal.gov University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Physics Home: johnny@linac.fnal.gov, linac!jpmac!johnny