> On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 11:37:36AM -0400, Mike Dresser wrote: > [...] > > I want to deny ports 23, 37,137,139, etc, from the Internet, but allow > > them from Y. > [...] > > What about configuring services to listen only on one _specific_ > interface/ip? (In your case Y) So you perhaps don't have to take care about > an confusing firewall setup... hiding services is not the way[tm] to make or > keep a network secure. Problem is the interface can vary, cause pppd isn't guaranteed to pickup the same ppp0/ppp1/etc.
I agree fully, problem is I don't think things like telnet, netbios, etc etc are going to all let me pick an interface/ip.

