Actually I tried it with Mandrake and red-hat Linux and my connection is with BigPond (which also supports PPPoA). The thing for me is that I run different operating systems. And, instead of spending hours trying to get the connection up on each one, it happened in minutes for all. More time to focus on important issues.
I read somewhere that one of the hacker favourites is to use buffer overruns and other similar RAM hacking techniques to gain control of a machine (something which micro$oft is trying to tackle with the next lot of service packs I believe). I am not aware of Linux's answer to that. Does anyone know? But, if not why put a machine in the front line isn't it better to keep is simple but effective? Phill O'Flynn Muse-Tech --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
