Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:03:15 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: "David J. Kanter" <djkanter@nwu.edu> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Security for a lonely desktop Message-ID: <20000609090315.L81376@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <20000608174110.A24158@localhost.localdomain>; from djkanter@nwu.edu on Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 05:41:10PM -0500 References: <20000608174110.A24158@localhost.localdomain>
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It all depends. I would say that if you want total peace of mind you should set up a firewall. It's slight overkill for a dialup, but it can come in handy. :) See: http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/dialup-firewall/index.html for more info. Cheers, Marc On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 05:41:10PM -0500, David J. Kanter wrote: > I run FreeBSD on a desktop, hook up to the Internet via a modem (with > dynamic IP address assigning) and am the only user of this machine. Is > security that much of an issue for someone like me, such that I'd have to > make changes to the default FreeBSD set up? > > I've read about closing down inetd services that I'd never use: telnet, ftp, > etc. Even turning off the sendmail daemon. Or, compiling a firewall into my > kernel. But are these really necessary for a guy like me? > > I'm interested in what people have to say. > -- > David Kanter > djkanter@nwu.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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