>> > You could use iptables to block all traffic headed to port 80 with >> > exceptions for the domains you need. >> >> Would that cause problems with fetching packages for emerges? > > If you wget your packages using http, then yes. You could then: > > 1. Put all your mirror sites in the exception list. This can get tedious as > some ebuilds list many mirrors for sources > > or > > 2. wget using ftp > > or > > 3. set up a proxy > > The easiest is #2 by far
Does portage use wget over http by default? Can I change a setting to make it use ftp? - Grant
