From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 22 10:46:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from asmodeus.diabolis.net (209-6-187-14.c6-0.wth-ubr1.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com [209.6.187.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A86237B6E3 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:46:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bunicula@rcn.com) Received: from asmodeus (asmodeus [192.168.2.6]) by asmodeus.diabolis.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA39007; Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:31:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bunicula@rcn.com) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:31:31 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Anderson X-Sender: bunicula@asmodeus.diabolis.net To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security question (firewalls) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, 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? personally, i won't connect to the internet at all without at the very least a basic packet filter. all it would take would be a few minutes for someone to get in and take over your system... you log in, someone gets in through some hole. they install a root kit, and a little script to post to an irc channel whenever you log in. then anyone can use you as a jumping point to get to wherever. brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message