> > That's one of the reasons I wasn't impressed when Ascend told me > > that the quaint idea of having the immediate modem port enabled on an > > Internet acessable box was something they had never imagined. > > To be honest, I can't imagine it either - this is just a problem waiting > to happen. Why would anyone want a modem port that any person could get > to? Immediate modem is useful in controlled environments, which the > Internet definitely *isn't*. If you want to control the usage then just > don't use immediate modem - use the terminal server mode and the "open" > command. This allows you to limit access to the modem to those people > who have terminal server access privileges. I can already control the access very nicely thanks, with this thing called passwords. I have no trouble with the access controls for authorized use. Please understand the feature I am talking about before talking about something that has no relevance to the issue.. Yes, unencrypted passwords suck but that is a different matter. The problem I have is that the box has the bug of crashing if someone opens a couple (what some would consider a reasonable number; after all, there could be that many actual modems in a box for people to connect to) of connections to it. Packet filtering it at the max isn't a solution, only a workaround, both because the MAX tends to start doing odd things at times if you use packet filters and because it doesn't solve the problem; just because someone with a password from a particular host should be able to use the modem doesn't mean that someone without a password from that host should be able to crash it. Having people telnet in remotely also isn't an answer because of the restricted number of telnet connections available to a MAX and the fact that modem access should be controlled seperately from access to the rest of the box. It really isn't that complicated for connections to be refused before the box starts tipping over. ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09565.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09543.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Tim Basher <basher@alpha.CES.CWRU.Edu></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09554.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09551.html">Re: (ASCEND) sigh</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09543.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09565.html">Re: (ASCEND) Feature Requests and Ascend?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail19.html#09553"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd197.html#09553"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>