Oki: When the linux router boots, it loads the root partition from the boot floppy to a RAM disk. Any changes to any file on the system after this are changes in memory. If your system gets hacked, you can simply re-boot the router to restore it to a known good configuration.
Marc ---------- Marc Mongeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix Specialist Ban-Koe Systems 9100 W Bloomington Fwy Bloomington, MN 55431-2200 (612)888-0123, x417 | FAX: (612)888-3344 ---------- "It's such a fine line between clever and stupid." -- David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel of "Spinal Tap" >>> Oki DZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/18 6:17 PM >>> Brian Boonstra wrote: > You might want to try the Debian-based Linux Router Project, at > > http://www.linuxrouter.org/ > > The whole thing runs off a write-protected floppy, so you can't be hacked as > badly as with a HD. The docs on the official site are not too good, but > here's a good one: > > http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/9660/lrphowto.html OK, I'll check them out. BTW, would using a floppy for the system be better than a HD in terms of security? Or, it just means that a floppy will have less data so that even if the system badly hacked, the recovery would be pretty simple (just make a copy from the backup floppy, and the router will just run as before). Thanks again, Oki -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
