From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 28 07:47:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA00748 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:47:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA00721 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 07:45:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ppp-089.etinc.com (ppp-089.etinc.com [204.141.95.148]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA12179 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:51:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:51:33 -0400 Message-Id: <199608281451.KAA12179@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: routing question Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >I have a box with an ethernet interface and a slip line. >The ethernet is on a different network than the slip line. >What i want to know if I have to install a firewall to prevent >people outside my complex to access my LAN. Depends on whether or not the slip line is password protected. If you have to log in the the system before slip is initiated, then you shouldn't need a firewall. Dennis > > Tnks, > Amancio > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX