From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 22 12: 7: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D800637B758 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:07:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.3.1.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA06631; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:04:35 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA09096; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:04:35 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:04:35 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security question (firewalls) Message-ID: <20000223090435.B8999@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 06:28:29PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 06:28:29PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Quick question: i read that a guy with a DSL connection running Linux > found he was an unwilling participant in some hacker attacks, or at > least could have been. Apparently someone hacked his box and left a > script there. For frequent/extended ppp connections from my laptop, > should i consider going through the trouble of setting up a firewall? The PPP example setup in /usr/share/examples/ppp has an example entry for basic packet filtering. It's always a good idea to some form of packet-filtering whenever one is connecting a UNIX box to the 'Net.. Cheers. Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message