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. Ugo