From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 22 12: 0:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A3837B400 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:00:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from ppp1-37.ath.forthnet.gr Bernie_X@smtp-send.myrealbox.com [213.16.148.37] by smtp-send.myrealbox.com with Novell NIMS $Revision: 2.88 $ on Novell NetWare; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 13:00:22 -0700 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:47:38 +0200 (EET) From: Bernie X-X-Sender: root@BLAST To: Dave Kaufman Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw settings In-Reply-To: <200201221146.g0MBkp3I004083@lima.epix.net> Message-ID: <20020122194509.M878-100000@BLAST> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Dave Kaufman wrote: > i use my freebsd on a stand alone home computer with a dial up connection to > my isp. it's connected for 6 or more hours a day. i'm thinking i should > implement some protection. i've read Dru Lavigne's articles but am unclear on > one point. is there any difference in the devices referenced in the rulesets > ie. ed0 versus a dialup connection. it appears the articles are on a network > connection (ie. through a nic). does this matter? > > thanks > Dave > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > yes there is. i'm on the same setup as you described... the comand 'ifconfig' will show you the names of the tunnels. on mine is 'tun0'. it may be the same with yours but check with ifconfig while connected to the net... Regards, --Bernie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message