[wplug] DSL prep

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Wed Feb 6 18:20:18 EST 2008


On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:49:00 -0500
Duncan Hutty <dhutty+wplug at ece.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Zach wrote:
> > I've ordered DSL service from a local Verizon reseller called Nidhog
> > on Penn Ave. I will be getting 728/128 service for $19.95 a month. He
> > said I can have a free DSL modem and a static ip. I would like to
> > prepare for this (expect techs to come in next week) so what should I
> > do on my Linux side?
> >
> >   
> I use Nidhog. They're great guys, nothing but good things to say about
> them. They're very *nix friendly, they're mostly a FreeBSD shop. If you
> have any difficulties, I'm sure they'll help you out.
> 
> On a more technical note, if you're not going to get a little hardware
> router (which is probably what I would recommend for you) and do NAT and
> portforwarding for any ports you need to be externally available, you
> really need think carefully about what ports you have open to the
> outside. Learn about iptables and ensure that nothing listens to the
> outside unless you need it to do so.
> --

Don't most hardware routers block incoming connections on
specific ports unless you open them?  That was the default on
my Linksys and DLink routers, I then only opened up ssh to
my file server.

-- 
Tom Rhodes


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