Chances
are, if your wireless device is at all popular, someone else has tried to get it working in Linux and
has probably shared their experiences somewhere online.
Summary
There are many different tools for configuring network connections in the various Linux distributions.
Fedora and other Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems use a graphical Network Configuration.
SUSE Linux uses its YaST administrative interface to configure network equipment. For dial-up
networks, the KDE desktop includes the kppp GUI tool for configuring modems. If your network
connection doesn??™t start up automatically (as it does in many cases), this chapter explains how to
use some of these network configuration tools to configure it manually.
By adding your computer to a public network, such as the Internet, you open it to possible intruders.
The next chapter describes ways in which you can secure your computer from unwanted access.
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Running the Show Part II
Since the dawn of interconnected networks, some users have been trying
to break into other users??™ systems. As the Internet has grown and
broadband Internet access has spread, the problem has become more
severe. A home computer running an insecure configuration can be used as a
powerful mail relay, provide storage for traffic in pirated data, allow the user??™s
personal information to become compromised, or any number of other such
horrors.
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