Firewall question

Andi Kleen ak at suse.de
Fri Jun 9 05:43:24 CEST 2006


> Well the DSL modem only transfers whatever data the ISP end sends to it,
> which in your case is just PPP packets (LCC or LCP I think).  No one out
> on the internet 

No one out on the internet, but it would be trivial for someone outside
his house. All his traffic will be on a long unsecured cable. 

That is why I would never bridge home ethernet traffic onto a DSL line.

-Andi




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