How to block traffic in and out to all ports....

From: Larry James (ljames_at_apollo3.com)
Date: 09/28/03 

Date: 28 Sep 2003 05:36:44 -0700

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     Can someone tell me of a quick and easy way to block traffic to
all ports. I would likt to block all ports, then one by one open the
ones that I find that are needed to run my network, like pop3, smtp,
ssh, etc.

     Thanks in advance for any input.

                          -- L. James

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L. D. James
ljames@apollo3.com
www.apollo3.com/~ljames

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