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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: User PPP
To: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer)
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 13:02:43 -0700 (MST)
Cc: terry@lambert.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <25388.827956727@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at Mar 27, 96 07:58:47 pm
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> Terry Lambert wrote in message ID
> <199603271741.KAA01512@phaeton.artisoft.com>:
> > > Unless you have multiple TCP/IP enabled interfaces on your machine,
> > > running routed in active mode is a waste of bandwidth, and can cause
> > > iijppp to unnecessarily dial out unless you add port 513 to the dial
> > > filter rules.
> 
> > Shouldn't the dial filter rules contain this by default?
> 
> There is a sample config file which has port 513 blocked for dialing
> out, but that is not to say that the user will use that sample config
> file... (there are multiple example files showing different setups,
> and only one has any filters)

What about putting it in the non-existant "pppconfig" shell script?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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