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From: Ian Rawlings on 16 Jan 2006 21:17 On 2006-01-16, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > ... or run in PPP half-bridged (or even fully-bridged) mode and do all > firewalling and things on your Linux box. .... or say "sod this half-arsed router nonsense" and get an ADSL card for your linux box! -- Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
From: Darren Salt on 16 Jan 2006 21:57 I demand that Nix may or may not have written... [snip] > (Yes, I know, it's pathetic and unworthy of any sane person and I should > get over it. Feeling a sense of superiority to script kiddies is like > feeling a sense of superiority to manure. But dammit I *am* superior to > manure.) Let me guess. City supporter? ;-) -- | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | d youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Debian, | Northumberland | s zap,tartarus,org | RISC OS | Toon Army | @ | Kill all extremists! If in doubt, make it sound convincing.
From: Martin Gregorie on 17 Jan 2006 05:52 alexd wrote: > Martin Gregorie wrote: > >> alexd wrote: >>> Martin Gregorie wrote: >>> >>>> alexd wrote: >>> [Port knocking] is Security By Obscurity, verson 2.1 ;-) >>> >> Yes, it is, rather, isn't it? Quite ingenious, though. Probably unusable >> with an ADSL router unless you've got one that's fancy enough to send >> its access log to a server, though. > > No need. Just forward the relevant ports from your router to your server. > .....what, all of them? :-) > Presumably you'd be forwarding SSH anyway, so your router is already > capable. > ....of course, but you'd want a pretty big block of them to avoid playing a one note Samba with the knocker. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | org | Zappa fan & glider pilot
From: Nix on 17 Jan 2006 17:52 On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Darren Salt murmured woefully: > I demand that Nix may or may not have written... > > [snip] >> (Yes, I know, it's pathetic and unworthy of any sane person and I should >> get over it. Feeling a sense of superiority to script kiddies is like >> feeling a sense of superiority to manure. But dammit I *am* superior to >> manure.) > > Let me guess. City supporter? I have to guess this is a football thing? (If so, I'm a little surprised that `City' isn't ambiguous. I hate *cities*, does that count?) > ;-) Sorry, went over my head like Cassini. -- `Logic and human nature don't seem to mix very well, unfortunately.' --- Velvet Wood
From: Nix on 17 Jan 2006 17:50
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Ian Rawlings murmured woefully: > On 2006-01-16, Nix <nix-razor-pit(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote: > >> ... or run in PPP half-bridged (or even fully-bridged) mode and do all >> firewalling and things on your Linux box. > > ... or say "sod this half-arsed router nonsense" and get an ADSL card > for your linux box! I sometimes find it useful to reset the router without resetting the whole machine. -- `Logic and human nature don't seem to mix very well, unfortunately.' --- Velvet Wood |