[CentOS] Firewall frustration

[Mark Weaver]

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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.

- -- 
Mark

"Drunkenness is not an excuse for stupidity. If you're stupid when
you're sober then that's one thing, but if you're sober when you're
stupid, then you're just plain stupid!"
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