> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I am still very new to all this net
> communication and UNIX stuff....Is there a way, using packet filters, to filter
> out access to reading newsgroups? INN allows password protection for posting
> but not reading. If I can't filter out packets I will have to change all my
> users to UNIX logons and add news access individualy, instead of using the
> domain with passwords and names....
Well, besides the fact that INN *can* dissalow Reading as well as writing,
yes you can create a packet filter to block out nntp,nnrp.
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