On 04/04/2010 07:41 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 04 April 2010, Michael Miles wrote: > >> On 04/04/2010 12:32 PM, Dave Ihnat wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Apr 04, 2010 at 03:26:52PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: >>> >>>> I see no benefit to a hardware router vs. running Linux with the >>>> firewall configured. >>>> >>> Well, yes, there is. Two different platforms, different firewalls, mean >>> that no single attack vector can be used on both of them. >>> >>> I wouldn't recommend the BEFSR41 line, though. Get a WRT54G/WRT54GL and >>> load either Tomato or DD-WRT. Much more capable than the native >>> firmware, and free to boot. (Or to run...joke...) >>> >>> >>>> There are good, free, firewall packages you can run on a cheap machine. >>>> >>> That's effectively what you're doing with the free firmware on >>> commercial firewalls, without the need to maintain another full OS and >>> usually in a very much smaller physical package. >>> >>> $0.02, YMMV, etc. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >>> Dave Ihnat >>> dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx >>> >> I have found that yes it is quite old >> >> I am about to flash the firmware to the latest befsr-v1.46.02_FW_code >> >> its a bin file and from what I understand under linux I am to use tftp >> to do this >> >> tftp 192.168.1.1 >> mode binary >> put CODE.BIN >> >> >> >> >> I am just trying to figure it out before I go ahead >> >> Michael >> >> > Please check the serial number and version of your befsr-41 on their web > site before doing that, I understand that stuffing too new a FW into an > older one will brick it. I know of at least 3 versions of it. > > So I should step it up by flashing all sequential updates? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
