Re: Question on PF rules

[Peter Varga <peter.varga@screaminet.com>]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 03:13:01PM -0500, Joseph W. Shaw II wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Christian Fredrickson wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to use a serial cable between a PC and another PC running
> > OpenBSD to HyperTerminal to the PC running OpenBSD? If so, do you have to
> > configure anything?
> 
> Yes.  You'll need a null-modem cable to do so, and then man ttys to figure
> out the configuration steps.  I'm interested in how a serial connections
> between two PC's applies to PF rules though.

Perhaps because it becomes a part of the local network =>
  route/allow/deny connections.

pppd will do the dial-in negotiations etc...   Let me know for more details.

> 
> As a side note, this should have been posted to misc@openbsd.org, so I've
> moved it there.
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Joseph