Selon Mark Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Thanks Gilles, > > That did the trick my Speedtouch is now working fine and I have a good > working connection. > > I do have one other question, I'm not an experienced UNIX/Linux user but > it strikes me that calling pppd from root exposes potential security > issues?. Can you recommend a good firewall and virus protection > package?. Thanks. > I don't know too much about iptables but the basics. There is surely good iptables tutorial on the net to protect your PC. Some use a friendly interface to configure the filtering.
Personnaly I am using IPCop firewall distribution to share and protect the connexion. This is simple but need a dedicated minimal PC to run. There is proposed add-ons to add virus and mail filtering but I have not try. Gilles Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
