Re: Force dynamic IP change using pppd -PS

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From: Ian Northeast
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:00

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Alex wrote:
> 
> Fair enough - I just thought I might make my connection more secure having a
> dynamic IP.

To an extent. But for better security you want to look at the kernel
firewall (ipfwdadm in kernel 2.0.x, ipchains in 2.2.x) and tcp-wrappers
(using /etc/hosts.deny etc.). 

Regards, Ian

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