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Re: [PLUG] Security/Firewall question
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On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 02:33:01PM +0000, beldon@scamail.com wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I am just setting up a firewall for my DSL connection. Now, I don't have the
> DSL yet, so in the meantime I'm using the dialup from the firewall. It seemed
> to be working well until today. I looked in linuxconf and saw that the
> DNS Server addresses had been changed somehow. I thought I had perhaps changed
> them accidentally, so I changed them back to what they should have been, and
> dialed in again. When I went back in again, it had changed back to the wrong
> addresses again.My question(s) is (are):
>
> 1. Is there a file that overrides the DNS settings in linuxconf?
> 2. Is there some normal ppp logging in process that can legitimately re-set
> these values?
> 3. Have I been hacked already? (Only got the thing to work two days ago)
> Any advice would be appreciated.Thanx! - Tony (new to all this networking stuff)
How is your network set up? Typically ppp connections use bootp or
dhcp, either of which would reset your NS and IP. This is normal.
I don't remember how to check if you're using bootp or dhcp.
--
Jeff Abrahamson
610/270-4845
abrahj01@molbio.sbphrd.com
(home email is jeff_abrahamson@purple.com)
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