Ugo Bellavance wrote:
Mark Weaver wrote:
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:57:22 -0500
Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
I have enough gear to get through TSA. My next trip will have me
carrying 3 laptops (granted 2 are 12" and one 7") and one microITX box.
Plus a bunch of USB gizmos, my Bose 2 headphones, etc. And I do carryon,
so space is at a premium.
The boxes here in the lab are not portable, but the learning has to be.
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