Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 17:03:46 +0200 From: Joost van Dijk <joost@amiculus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: messages from dhclient Message-ID: <200504171703.46362.joost@amiculus.com> In-Reply-To: <20050417143512.GA44874@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200504171304.48447.joost@amiculus.com> <200504171551.11050.joost@amiculus.com> <20050417143512.GA44874@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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> Don't turn off the firewall. > etc... > Depends on what your network configuration is. If you are sitting behind > an ethernet ADSL router, you're probably OK, since those usually come > with a firewell and NAT built-in. If you don't have one of those, you > would be wise to firewall all the systems that are in direct contact > with the Internet. IMHO making an unfirewalled box directly accessibly > from the internet is an accident waiting to happen. > > If you cannot set up a firewall, at least disable all unneeded > services. E.g. disable sendmail if you don't need it. That will minimize > the chances of your boxen being h4x0r3d. :-) Roland and Bob I have glass fiber (100 MB/sec) that comes through one router which is not a NAT and has no firewall built in. I have been told that this is one hop from the backbone. I have attached the glass fiber to a modem, which gives me eight 10 MB/sec ethernet outlets. The modem is dumb and contains no firewall. That puts my computer two unprotected hops from the backbone (if I understand this correctly). One could say that I am exposed, without risking great exaggeration. But that doesn't matter, because there is really nothing on the machine. I am only using it to learn on. What does IMHO mean? What does h4x0r3d mean? Joost
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