akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 14:33:11 -0600 >> From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> >> To: akhiezer <[email protected]>, >> BLFS Development List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] ppp/pppoe [was: create-service-dir in >> blfs-boo(t)scripts] >> >> akhiezer wrote:
>> >> Why does it miss the point? If you want to have a computer, you buy a >> system with a cpu, ram, etc. If you want to have an internet >> connection, you buy what is needed, whether is is an acoustic modem, dsl >> router, or whatever. >> > > > But again, Bruce, you seem to be just making remarks peripheral to the issue > here: it's absolutely a valid and reasonably common usage case whereby a > dsl/&c modem is hooked to an ethernet card in a linux computer that is acting > as (perhaps inter alia) a router; not least thus cutting down on 'black-box' > items in the network. > > > Are you really saying that any common functionality that is in a consumer- > level off-the-shelf router, should not be implemented in a b/lfs built > machine - e.g. firewall. I guess the point is that pppoe is not common functionality any more for BLFS users. If you would like to translate and update the archived pp page into a hint, I'll be glad to publish it. http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/browser/trunk/BOOK/archive/ppp.xml -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
