[CentOS] Re: Firewall frustration
Barry Schiffman
schiffo2000 at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 1 18:58:02 UTC 2008
--- Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>
> > Chris Mauritz wrote:
> > > Ugo Bellavance wrote:
> > >> Mark Weaver wrote:
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> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:57:22 -0500
> > >>> Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Have you ever thought about how rare floppy
> > drives are now? At best
> > >>>> you go with a bootable usb, if your notebook
> > supports bootable USB.
> > >>>> My Libretto does have a bootable floppy, but
> > that is something extra
> > >>>> to carry. It will not boot from anything
> else
> > (besides its HD). My
> > >>>> nc4010 (this notebook) will boot from usb.
> My
> > corp notebook (nc2400)
> > >>>> is locked down; and I don't see any value at
> > getting corp IT bent out
> > >>>> of shape.
> > >>>
> > >>> why would you even think about using a
> Notebook
> > computer as a firewall?
> > >>> I was assuming you were going to delegate this
> > task to an older machine
> > >>> with sufficient resources to handle the task
> and
> > not give the task to a
> > >>> notebook computer.
> > >>
> > >> I guess he wants it to be portable.
> > >>
> > >> He seems to be knowing his requirements a lot
> > better than we do. It
> > >> looks like he wants an easy firewall that would
> > boot for HD only, cost
> > >> nothing, and runs with usb ethernet devices.
> > >>
> > >> I really think he should carry an embedded
> > firewall (like a soekris or
> > >> a wrap) with pfsense on it.
> > >
> > > Old laptops make pretty good firewalls, I think.
>
> > They take little
> > > space, have a built-in battery backup and
> built-in
> > keyboard/monitor to
> > > use when you are visiting the datacenter. I
> have
> > repurposed a couple
> > > of older laptops for these reasons since the
> > machine doesn't need to be
> > > very fast to accomplish the mission. A lot of
> 3-4
> > year old laptops cave
> > > in under the weight of Windows, but are really
> > overkill for a simple
> > > unix firewall. Better than sending them to the
> > dustbin.
> > >
> >
> > hmmm ... I would think that they do not handle
> heat
> > very well though.
> >
> > Maybe they do, and certainly it is better than
> > throwing them away I guess.
> >
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> The bad thing is if you always keep the laptop
> plugged
> in the battery will be useless and will not hold a
> charge. That is what happen with one of my laptops.
>
You can always take the battery out and keep it
plugged in. Runs cooler, too.
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