[Gllug] Re: Guarddog firewall

Paul Cupis paul at cupis.co.uk
Tue Mar 14 23:49:14 UTC 2006


Emon wrote:
> I just noticed that under the "Advanced" tab there is a text-box
> option called "Enable DHCP on interfaces"; I suppose this is
> where I should type ppp0, right?

Yes.

> My question is, even without mentioning any interface on this
> option I am able to browse using my dial-up connection!!! how is
> that possible??

Because it is treated as "Internet zone" as it has a non-local IP address.

> Finally how do I make sure that Guarddog is run every time I
> boot my PC?? is there any startup script or something??

Depends on your distribution - some packages of guarddog will do it
automatically, otherwise read the README file which came with the
.tar.gz file.
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