On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, micros50 wrote:
> ... Another possibility, could it be
> that there are fewer people using diald in these days of DSL ? I'd imagine
> there are still plenty of people using diald over standard dialup
> telephone lines. But, let's say I were to switch to DSL. Would I still
> require diald? Is there any capacity in which diald would still serve a
> useful purpose in a DSL environment ?
I *installed* diald when I got DSL! With DSL or a cable modem, you and
your security holes are always live on the Internet. Although I've done as
much as I know how to tighten up my machine, I figure that it's worth the
effort to reduce my period of exposure from 24 hours/day to 2 or 3
hours/day.
You need to recompile your kernel with the user space network interface
(CONFIG_NETLINK), and the Ethertap network device module (CONFIG_ETHERTAP,
which uses it). I think these usually aren't included in commercial
distributions.
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