From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MZbh7-0006Wa-BI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:30:05 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA816E03AA; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f177.google.com (mail-yx0-f177.google.com [209.85.210.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B28E03AA for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe7 with SMTP id 7so2311518yxe.32 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:30:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nytuRYTIPNa49YTqIlt8QcbcgsAvvbWB/rrkJmD+40U=; b=m92504oUpzJID5qXhqW34RtsmBbiZQSqexnaZ9LnKPit3NsfgXyYP7Dd+ImXuk6LX8 AYGzZcgHOHiIBP1MDbwffC4LlPSoGCWlrl+V98EsbCP8+XAbfvVtGIbqwdjcrbJx4DE0 fQGobnzEpdEEYSC1F8UwQaFhpX0lwgC+hb8Hk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R3q5tN+fC+/WXhwRF/Ic+uZ5+HmxW/s0ewbE3ORxuQfrZ0GHgf6IWmwtVly8SXUYNZ 3MXjuT0SYLu9QFTEhRgPZ4bGqwQQs9UaBrz8b2IkJF5Fs8w2F4LAE8i/T3LXl5GY3sar EpXtwxPtqgZO9A0ApgvjQzKYMmDqwx9WjNLXA= Received: by 10.90.120.14 with SMTP id s14mr1466382agc.121.1249698602666; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?64.89.163.1? (r163h1.dixie-net.com [64.89.163.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 38sm4849500aga.79.2009.08.07.19.29.59 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A7CE325.6040006@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:29:57 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.22) Gecko/20090628 SeaMonkey/1.1.17 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DSL and AT&T. About time. References: <4A7CBC95.9030008@gmail.com> <4A7CD253.8070800@pythontoo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 59c74866-a6ec-453d-ae07-706bfcc2b6a4 X-Archives-Hash: 522823dc049220d763277685fbcf2e3f Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-08-08, David wrote: > > >> Been using Bellsouth which is now AT&T for the last 6 years. >> You should get a modem from them, I have a Westell 6100; >> http://www.amazon.com/Westell-6100-ADSL2-Modem-Router/dp/B000QPPY0A >> It has two ways to use it Ethernet or usb, use Ethernet and >> disable the usb. Set up in bridge mode to a WRT54GL; >> > > If you have a modem that runs in bridge mode rather than in > router/NAT-firewall mode, then make sure you have a firewall > between "you" and the modem. Something like the above > mentioned WRT54GL works swimmingly (especially if you replace > the factory firmware with something like OpenWRT). > > Do not connect your desktop machine directly to a bridge. > > It's possible to harden a desktop such that it can be > more-or-less safely connected to a bridge, but if the OP had > that sort of expertise, he wouldn't have asked the question he > asked. ;) > > I had thought about picking up a Linksys router and putting it between my desktop and the modem. Sort of add some more protection if you will. I also plan to change my root password. Of course, my password isn't as bad as some I have seen. May need to disable any type of remote access too. Dale :-) :-)