On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Alvaro A. Novo wrote:
Hi,
Before I get my hands dirtier, I would like to confirm if it's possible to telnet (and ftp) my home computer, which does not have a permanent internet connection, only a simple dial-up connection.
Is there simple guidelines for me to follow? Maybe a website? I tried SuSE database, but no luck. HOWTO's as well... 3 Linux books, including "Running Linux."
Thanks in advance,
Alvaro
ps. etc/inetd.conf contains the following lines:
# ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd wu.ftpd -a
# Note: I guess I should uncomment the line above and comment the one below. # wuftpd seems to be preferred over ftpd.
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd
#1 Yes you can telnet and ftp to a pc on a dial up connection. I would suggest you go to: www.justlinux.com or one of the similar sites and look into dns forwarding service. You install a simple little perl script and run it when you log on and it references a sub-domain to your current IP so your machine can be found with a simple name. #2 As for commenting out lines as above: Which ones you comment out depends on what you want to run and what you have installed. I would agree with using wu.ftpd. I use it myself because I found it easy to get up and running. As for everything else I would reccomend not using telnet unless absolutely necessary. Instead install SSH and use that for your remote sessions. Comment out all other services you don't use because they are all potential security holes. Good luck ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw@linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/