Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:05:00 +0000 From: Alexander Derevyanko <der@pc759.cs.msu.su> To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <prime.gushi.org!danm@pc759.cs.msu.su> Cc: FreeBSD.ORG!questions@pc759.cs.msu.su Subject: Re: PPP questions. Message-ID: <3A1C34FC.29937BD2@pc759.cs.msu.su> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011211547410.37036-100000@prime.gushi.org>
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"Dan Mahoney, System Admin" wrote: > > Is there any way to have ppp periodically ping the remote host and drop > and reconnect if the ping fails? I'm on a system where the host will get > "stupid" and although I can still hear modem noise, I can't see any > network activity. User ppp have build-in filters capability. It's very usefull. Just configure it such, that it automatically hangup after 5 minutes unactivity on RECEIVING packets. If you need it to connect forewer run in background ping -i 60 some.good.host > > ALSO: > > Is there some way of tracing what connection attempt is opening the > connection in automatic mode (for example, stupid adware, or windows media > player trying to see if there's a new version available)? And once I > know, is the a way of blocking it? It seems JUST BOOTING win98 will cause > a connection to be open. Best of all, doesn't use natd capability of ppp. Install instead squid and configure acl list such that it blocks some requests (analyse log files to see what requests needs blocking). You also may wish to enable logging on you proxy DNS server (supposing you install one) and find out what names does it need to resolve - most of all, it is the root of the evil. If you install squid, you can safely block ALL connections to you DNS proxy from internal network. > > Thanks for all the fish, > > Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "I love you forever eternally." > > -Connaian Expression > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Web: http://prime.gushi.org > finger danm@prime.gushi.org > for pgp public key and tel# > --------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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