On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 05:27:36PM +0000, John Griffiths wrote: > At 09:19 AM 8/2/01 +0200, Chris Halls wrote: > >over an active ethernet connection. I have a small 10Mb hub with all my > >machines connected, and the DSL cables comes in there too. Not very > >elegant, but it definitely works. I've been using 2.4.x kernels. > > > >Chris > > > > Holy Hell. > > That's sounds like a VERY insecure setup. > > I could be wrong but hub's broadcast... and running the ADSL straight into > the hub would make it possible for an outsider to sniff your network....
Yeah, the DSL modem sees all my network traffic, but I don't think it bridges everything it sees onto the DSL line... but there again I possibly shouldn't take the risk. Thanks for pointing it out. Anyone know for sure what a DSL modem will do in this situation? My local traffic is not going to get onto the net as such, since I have to talk PPPoE over the DSL connection, but I suppose someone really unscrupulous at my ISP might be able to sniff in. At least there isn't much to see on the line. I had it mainly so I could share a DSL connection between a Linux and Windoze PC (not mine!), neither of which had two network cards or a masquerading setup. Chris
