I just installed Sarge and setup pppconfig (and also kppp) recently. However, I am wondering about internet security issue. Are there any reliable firewall and antivirus software that I can apt-get from?
Another question is how to connect to the internet using kppp from an ordinary user (not root). It seems to me that I should have superuser privilege to use kppp everytime when I'd like to connect to the net. I'm not sure if it is secure to connect to the internet from root.
Any suggestion will be very much appreciated!
cwh
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Internet security issue
Guarddog is a good firewall for kde. (apt-get install guarddog). You're right--you should never connect to the Internet while you're logged in as root. Add your normal user to the dialout group: adduser yourusernamehere dialout.
Grieve not for happy Claudius, he is dead;
And empty is his skull.
Pity no longer, arm-in-arm with Dread,
Walks that polished hall.
Joy, too, is fled.
But no man can have all.
--Edna St. Vincent Millay
And empty is his skull.
Pity no longer, arm-in-arm with Dread,
Walks that polished hall.
Joy, too, is fled.
But no man can have all.
--Edna St. Vincent Millay