On 14 Oct 2002, Crispin Wellington wrote: > On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 21:29, Tom wrote: > > I have already purchased a Hub for the network which consists of a Debian > > MySql and Apache server, another Debian firewall box and some Win boxes. <snip> > > I'm assuming therefore that the firewall machine is not required. I had > > previously thought that a gateway machine such as a firewall was necessary > > for me to be able to SSH to do remote admin. <snip> > > If your ISP uses PPPoE (by far the most common) then you wont configure > the external network card at all, and you will run a pppoe connection > that will be assigned your IP etc via a PPP connection over the ethernet > card. > > In both cases the modem is not assigned an IP. In PPPoE, neither is the > Ethernet card. If the modem were assigned an IP (or two, one for each > interface) it would be called a router (you can get DSL routers).
I share some of this confusion. If I have a PPoE DSL line, is it possible to access my machine remotely? If machines behind the machine connected to the modem connect by IP Masquerading, what access does a remote machine have to an interior machine? Can a remote connect by ssh? What security implications are there? I guess this is slightly OT, but my gateway security is strictly out-of-the-box Debian. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
