From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 21 02:59:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA23143 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 02:59:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA23124 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 02:59:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA18290; Sun, 21 Dec 1997 04:11:31 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199712210411.EAA18290@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how am I exposing my machines? In-reply-to: Your message of "20 Dec 1997 18:25:03 +0100." <6ca_9712201833@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 04:11:31 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > One fbsdbox provides ppp-connection to my ISP with ppp -auto -alias for a couple of machines on my lan. > > If somebody tries to access the dynamic IP I have while the link is up, what can they see? telnet? ftp? http? On only the box with the modem? > > ppp is setup "out of the box". > > The fbsdbox with the modem is setup as "IP-gateway=yes". No ipfw. Nobody'll be able to see past your gateway machine, but they'll have access to all the default services on the gateway. This is quite a substatial list - see /etc/inetd.conf. > Leif Neland > leifn@image.dk > > --- > |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 > |Internet: leifn@image.dk > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....