--- Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote: > > > Chris Mauritz wrote: > > > Ugo Bellavance wrote: > > >> Mark Weaver wrote: > > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >>> Hash: SHA1 > > >>> > > >>> 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ