> Hi all, I've been using RH 6.0 for over a year and reading this list
>for about the same time. Finally, I've got an external modem and wanna
>try using the internet from Linux (don't get me started on buying an
>expensive machine only to find out most of the components are cheap -
>yes I'm talking Winmodem, etc.). I've done a fair amount of reading
>about security in the past but it was only when I actually started to
>set it up myself that I realized - there seems to be very little
>information about setting up a single machine for internet usage. What I
>really want to know is should I set up ipchains on the machine that is
>accessing the internet, all the literature I've found points to using it
>on a dedicated machine with masquerading. So any hints on how to set up
>nice secure single machine would be gratefully received.
> Matt.
You bought a Winmodem? Take it back, since that will NOT work with Linux.
It is NOT a modem in the pure sense of the definition. Most of the work is
done inside of MicroSh!t Windoze. Last I heard there are no drivers for
Linux. Besides, you really don't want to waste CPU power by having your
computer become a modem?
Get a real external modem.
Sure you don't want to get a DSL or cablemodem line instead?
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