[ale] Linksys wget and maybe perl

[Adrin]

I tired the Linux firewall thing for a little while. Liked the linksys cause I had one and
I didn't have to mess with iptables anymore. And, the acidental loading of some Mandrake
security software. My Linux box keep blocking more and more addresses.  As soon as at got
something that looked like a scan or netbois, it would shut off the IP address. Even if
you pinged it just once... bye bye.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Bob
> Toxen
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:06 PM
> To: haswes at mindspring.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Linksys wget and maybe perl
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:24:09PM -0400, Adrin wrote:
> > I hope I don't have to learn perl.
> I haven't needed to.
>
> > I have notice something though using Linksys routers. When you Login an make
> changes. You
> > click apply and the URL has all the info you just filled out.  I have tired
> to you wget
> > with the http-user and http password and the same URL. All I have managed to
> do it clear
> > the settings this way. I am not sure why.  I just think it would be cool to
> have scripted
> > cron to turn on and off ports during the day.  Would be handy later in my sons life to
> > control internet access too.
> That all can be done with a Linux router/firewall.
> >
> > Adrin
>
> Bob Toxen
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