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Re: [LUG] Re: Dial on Demand



Neil Williams wrote:

> I tried shutdown -h now (I was desperate - it was 1am!) and the firewall was
> shut down before the ppp task!!

This is a generic problem when rolling your own firewall. Most
of recent distro's are careful to firewall before bringing up
interfaces (not just PPP), but I always check this. Given the
number of automated nasties, any moment of unexpected exposure
is bad news these days.
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