Re: PPP security

To: port-amiga%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: PPP security
From: tron%lyssa.owl.de@localhost (Matthias Scheler)
Date: 13 Mar 1999 10:56:50 GMT

In article <yam7741.1605.132995504%mailhost.portal.ca@localhost>,
        "B. Bogart" <bbogart%iname.com@localhost> writes:
> will others be able to telnet into my site?

Yes, they will. See "man 5 hosts.allow" and "man 5 ipf" how to prevent that.

> do i need to run the DNS server in order to be able to telnet to
> sites that i do not have an IP address for?

No, you can put your provider's DNS servers into "/etc/resolv.conf".

-- 
Matthias Scheler                                http://home.owl.de/~tron/

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