I'll second the suggestion of pmfirewall. It's very easy to set up and does
exactly what it's supposed to do.
M.
On Saturday 10 February 2001 16:28, Dave wrote:
> Jesus,
>
> >I am connecting to the internet via ppp and a modem. As I usually stay
> >connected during most part of the day I want to have a firewall.
>
> For a quick fix I'd suggest pmfirewall ... just download it, put it in
> /usr/local/src, do a tar -xvzf, cd to the pmfirewall directory and do a
> # sh install.sh
> Sure, it's a dummy type firewall, but it does work, it's a fast setup,
> and you can study its ipchains rules to see what it's doing.
>
> >That installed me Bind,
>
> Get rid of bind. You certainly don't need that for a stand-alone ppp
> dialup connection. Bind is a security problem, not a solution.
>
> dave.
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Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design
