On 10/20/2015 01:53 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > configure your external gateway firewall to REJECT (not DROP) any > outbound ftp, and yum will quickly move onto other protocols. You should be able to accomplish the same thing by configuring your local firewall to REJECT the packets before the reach the company firewall and get dropped, that means configuring each box though so it may be easier to get your IT admin to make the change to the company firewall, or he may refuse in which case you're left with the local option at least. Peter