On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Omer Zak wrote:
Omer dear, rebooting a firewall means stopping the service to your
customer. Hardly the way to go. I can't imagine that every added rule to
the firewall would require such an ackward procedure. Not to mention how
reliable floppy diskettes are.
--Ariel
>
> Simple and elementary, my dear Dr. Watson.When the configuration files
> have to be modified, the firewall will be shut down.The floppy will be
> removed from it.Then the floppy will set to non-write-protected mode
> (invoking the magic embedded into your pinkie's nail).Then it will be
> inserted into the FDD of another computer (one which has the vi editor).
> Then edit the configuration files.After the configuration files have
> been edited, unmount and remove the floppy from the PC you used to edit
> it.Then, set the floppy back to write-protected mode, insert it into the
> firewall and reboot the firewall.
>
> The CD-ROM has no writable mode.So it should be used for files which
> don't have to be modified (next time you get an security advisory about
> one of the programs in the CD-ROM, burn a new CD-ROM).
> --- Omer
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