Re: Question on PF rules

["Joseph W. Shaw II" <mrman@darkside.org>]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Peter Varga wrote:

> 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.

If he wants to use hyperterminal from a Win32 box, I would think ppp is
out of the scoe of what he's planning to do, as Hyperterminal is a
terminal program and does not support ppp.

Regards,
--
Joseph