From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 13 21:46:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8728016A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:46:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.owt.com (smtp.owt.com [204.118.6.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F119B43D49 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:46:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kstewart@owt.com) Received: from [207.41.94.233] (owt-207-41-94-233.owt.com [207.41.94.233]) by smtp.owt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iADLiPLc003533; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:44:26 -0800 From: Kent Stewart To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:45:07 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.1 References: <20041113211237.GA54907@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20041113211237.GA54907@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411131345.07795.kstewart@owt.com> cc: Jonathon McKitrick Subject: Re: Why use a firewall with dialup? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:46:12 -0000 On Saturday 13 November 2004 01:12 pm, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I've been using one for some time, but now that I have a mini network, it > has become a bit of a hassle updating the rules. > > If I disable all services but ssh, stay STABLE, and do not have a broadband > connection, what danger is there? > The script kiddies don't target broadband. They step through IP blocks. You are just as much at risk with dialup as you are with broadband. The only difference is the time of exposure. It has been a long time since I used dialup but IIRC, ppp-user had some features very much like a firewall. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html