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Re: Linux as a router



On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 07:16:40AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote:
> BTW, would using a floppy for the system be better than a HD in terms of
> security? Or, it just means that a floppy will have less data so that
> even if the system badly hacked, the recovery would be pretty simple
> (just make a copy from the backup floppy, and the router will just run
> as before). 

I think it could be possible, using a large amount of ram, and ram disks.
But a good firewall is working very well, and allow you to keep traces
(logs) of the attack.

JY
-- 
Jean-Yves F. Barbier <jybarbier@wanadoo.fr>
 "All language designers are arrogant.  Goes with the territory..."
(By Larry Wall)


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