Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:04:35 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: security question (firewalls) Message-ID: <20000223090435.B8999@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002221826080.12055-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, Feb 22, 2000 at 06:28:29PM %2B0000 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002221826080.12055-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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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
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