Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-25 Thread Morten Liebach
On 24, aug, 2000 at 04:59:16 -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > I have occasional need to telnet into my box from work, will this > > still be possible with a firewall installed? > > Generally, running telnetd is frowned upon. That's not to say it's not > secure, but it's easier to crack, and very

Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-24 Thread montefin
ATTN: David Bellows Once, from an unreachable email address, Dave Bellows wrote [in part]: > 2. The firewall issue. I've never set up a firewall. Is there a > Debian package that will help with this? Any advice? I'm a little > surprised that this is any more of a problem with DSL than with

Re: DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-24 Thread Gary Hennigan
David Bellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello everyone, > > Thanks for all the responses. I think I'm getting closer to > understanding what's going on. So just a few more: > > 1. After installing an ethernet card and making sure the corresponding > module gets loaded do I just runt the pp

DSL and Debian questions Round 2

2000-08-24 Thread David Bellows
Hello everyone, Thanks for all the responses. I think I'm getting closer to understanding what's going on. So just a few more: 1. After installing an ethernet card and making sure the corresponding module gets loaded do I just runt the pppoe program and it'll do the configuring? Probably more