Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl terminal server?

[Peter Chen <Peter.Chen@hochem.nl>]

At 2:03 AM -0400 7/15/96, Aaron Mansheim wrote:
>I've been trying to think out a way to let two people telnet from
>my one PPP connection. Preferably I wouldn't have to devote a lot of
>disk space to something like MacBSD and I wouldn't have to get a
>second phone line.
...
>Aaron Mansheim, MS exp '97, Computational Sciences, Radford University

I was in a similar position a few months ago.  There are a couple canned
solutions:

1. Vicom Internet Gateway

<http://www.vicomtech.com/vig.main.html>

There were reports on comp.sys.mac.comm that this works well even with an
SE/30 hosting the connection.  It's Mac based, and relatively simple to set
up.  The only catch is the price tag.  A starter pack w/ 5 simultaneous
users is $399.

<http://www.vicomtech.com/vig.order.html>

2. Linux Firewall/IP Masquerade

<http://www.linux.org/>

You can set up Linux on a PC or MkLinux on a Nubus PowerMac.  If you care
about security, you can use either TIS or SOCKS to set up a firewall.
Otherwise, you can compile the IP forwarding feature into the kernel, and
use IP Masquerade.  The advantage is that it's free and flexible.  You can
use it as a full blown InterNet gateway, so you can not only telnet, but
ftp, mail, news, web browsing, etc.  The disadvantage is that it requires a
substantial amount of Unix expertise.

Personally, I opted for Linux.  I use it for InterNet gateway, web server,
mail server, AppleShare file server (using Netatalk).

Since this is not strictly MacPerl related, if you have any further
question regarding these two options.  We can continue this thread via
email.

Pete

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