Re: Fw: Yahoo Messenger

["HareRam" <hareram@sol.net.in>]

Hi all

any one just give me some example
how can i do this

thanks in advance
hare
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
To: "netfilter" <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Yahoo Messenger


> On Sunday 06 October 2002 6:31 pm, HareRam wrote:
>
> > anyn help will be appriciated
> >
> > thanks
> > hare
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "HareRam" <hareram@sol.net.in>
> > To: "Antony Stone" <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>; "Netfilter"
> > <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: Yahoo Messenger
> >
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > i have developped some front end to user to login and log out
> > > using Visual c++ and i want to count how many minutes he is online
> > > and how many minutes he has reamaining.
> > > all the things are working fine....
> > >
> > > all users have static IP and ARP table is binded to specific user PC
MAC
> > > when the user looged in, iam replacing the  FORWARD rules with  ACCEPT
> > > when he logged out iam replacing the same FORWARD Rules wiht DROP
> > >
> > > the problems after this is.
> > >
> > > 1. after Dropping the Forward Rules, still he able to browse the
existing
> > > site which he is browsing
> > >     but he is not getting any new sites, so i feel he is able to get
the
> > > existing connection data.
>
> This is because there is an entry in the connection tracking table, and as
> slong as that is there the connection will be allowed by your ESTABLISHED
> rule - you would have to put the DROP rules in front of that in your
FORWARD
> chain to cut off any current connections.
>
> > > 2. when he connect to Yahoo Messenger, he is not disconnecting, his
> > > connection is continueing
>
> I have no idea how Yahoo Messenger works.   I am not the person to answer
> this question.
>
> Antony.
>
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