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From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS?
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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 12:07:00 GMT
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In article <3vpmse$g6a@bpeters.cyber.mn.org> peterson@bpeters.cyberoptics.com (Bruce Peterson) writes:
>You said 'easily available' instead of 'included'--does that mean one
>just has to ftp to someplace to get them?  (Not everybody has ftp access.)
>Also, are shadow passwords installed 'out of the box' with Linux, yet?

Depends on the distributors choices. I think everyone finally ships the
right ipfw binary, or ipfwadm. 

>FreeBSD firewall arrangements are an option when you

You seem to have been cutoff somewhere..

Alan



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