RE: stop audio streams

[Mike Fetherston <mike_sha () shaw ca>]

You could look at the Layer 7 Classifier for Linux:

http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/L7-HOWTO-Netfilter

Mike Fetherston

> I was wondering if anyone new of a way to block all online radio / audio
> streams w/ iptables.
>
> I am currently only blocking itunes ( due to the amount of OSX users )
> w/ the following:
> iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING --destination 17.254.4.130 -j DROP
>
> I tried blocking the ports that it used but some stations will also use
> port 80 so I didn't want to block that due to its use for standard
> websites.  However, I know that a few people have tried to get other
> programs ie. audion in order to by pass the itunes rule I have in place.
>
> Is there a better solution for this that I am overlooking?  Would
> blocking shoutcast, Icecast or any others be as simple as blocking a
> port number or range.