README.Spywares

This firewall provided a list IP/subnets coming from alt.privacy.spyware.
The list was writed by Sponge (http://www.geocities.com/yosponge/) <yosponge@yahoo.com>



See README    for information about the blocking-ip/mac feature
See INSTALL   for installation's details




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#   TO ENABLE THE SPYWARES BLOCKING       #
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1) You must create the spywares list file, first run :

  # firewall-spy-update.pl

  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  !! WARNING WARNING WARNING !!
  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   
     This list is a big list ! and you can find some
     MSN and/or Microsoft ips that you don't must to deny if you
     want to use Msn or wathever.
 
     If you have problem, edit /etc/firewall-jay/firewall-spy-update.conf and play
     with the @SPY_TO_IGNORES and/or @IP_TO_IGNORES variable


  For more details, see 
  # firewall-spy-update.pl --help | -h

   
   
2) A file has been created

  /var/lib/firewall-jay/block-ip-out.spywares





3) Enable the option
   
   With conf tool : 
   ----------------
   
     # firewall-config.pl
     --> Features (optional)
         --> Denying Hosts
            --> Denying IPS dst

            set to "Enable" , select the new created file (or more than one), and optionaly "Log"

   By hand :
   --------- 
  
     Edit /etc/firewall-jay/firewall.config

     DENY_IP_OUT="1"
     DENY_IP_OUT_FILES="block-ip-out.spywares" 
   


4) That's all ...




5) For updating the file simply run :

   # firewall-spy-update.pl

   and reload the block-ip feature of the firewall, run :

   # /etc/ini.t/fw-jay reload-block-ip




6) For automatics updates, set a crontab on every (for example) Sunday like :

   0 0 * * Sun /usr/sbin/firewall-spy-update.pl
   0 5 * * Sun /etc/init.d/fw-jay reload-block-ip