[ale] Linksys wget and maybe perl

[Jeff Hubbs]

I may have to check it out if for no other reason than I'm getting
pretty disillusioned with Coyote Linux.  Inasmuch as it has been working
very well for me to date, I don't like the slow update cycle or the
specious documentation.  Newer versions have lost features from older
versions, for one thing, and even though it apparently uses ssh, there
were no updates when the recent ssh patches came out.  

- Jeff

On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 21:45, Holmquist, Thomas W. wrote:
> just a tip: if your looking for a good firewall/router distro, check out
> IPCop http://www.ipcop.org, it's web-interface makes it really easy to
> administrate, and since it's Linux, it can also be customized.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrin [mailto:haswes at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 11:27 PM
> To: bob at verysecurelinux.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] Linksys wget and maybe perl
> 
> 
> 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
> > bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
> > http://www.verysecurelinux.com        [Network&Linux/Unix security
> consulting]
> > http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com [My book:"Real World Linux Security
> 2/e"]
> > Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting since
> 1990.
> >
> > "Microsoft: Unsafe at any clock speed!"
> >    -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
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