On 04/30/11 01:34, George Georgalis wrote: > Nico, I don't know what your "risk" is, but if it's a perimeter > box running pf and ssh maybe consider running on cflash or usb > stick? Or one of those bootable cdroms? I log to a ram fs so I > think the only media writes are for ntp.drift, and yes I'm more > concerned about the other hardware failing than the OS media. > > -George
What "risk" do you think flash or CDROM minimizes? I suspect you believe no moving parts means reliable. I think you are wrong. Combined with the downtime you will cause yourself with your silly "no media writes" crap, I am SURE you are very wrong. Nick.