From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 27 10:37:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA08486 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.calweb.com (mail.calweb.com [208.131.56.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA08478 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:36:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from devnull (devnull.calweb.com [208.131.56.69]) by mail.calweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA04962; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:33:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970327103412.00a6ccd0@pop.calweb.com> Warning: Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) will be returned to send in bulk X-Sender: jfesler@pop.calweb.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:34:12 -0800 To: Jack Patton From: Jason Fesler Subject: Re: ppp.secret question & more.. Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 10:06 PM 3/26/97 -0500, you wrote: > Hi there, > I am trying to implement the ppp (not pppd) that comes with freebsd and >no matter what I do it always says that there's no entry in the >ppp.secrets file for whatever. Also, I was wondering is there is an easy I don't have an answer for the secrets file; I ignore it, since I am the only user for that machine :-). >way to disable the diagnostic telnet-in port. I have been scouring the net >for more than a week with no luck. I have read the manpages and handbook "man ipfw" grep for "firewall" in /etc/sysconfig read /etc/rc.firewall build a kernel that supports firewalling :-) My port 3000 is blocked from everywhere on the *outside* network; on my internal network, anyone can get to it. I could be even more precise and block *all* telnets to it, if I had users on my system. -- Jason Fesler jfesler@calweb.com 'whois jf319' | "Time is an illusion; Admin, CalWeb Internet Services www.calweb.com | lunchtime, doubly so." Junk email returned in bulk; 1 cc to your postmaster | -Ford Prefect in HHGTTG Junk mail probs? http://www.gigo.com/junkmail.htm | by Douglas Adams