Re: Linux as a router

["Marc Mongeon" <Mongeon@bankoe.com>]

Oki:

When the linux router boots, it loads the root partition from the boot floppy
to a RAM disk.  Any changes to any file on the system after this are changes
in memory.  If your system gets hacked, you can simply re-boot the router to
restore it to a known good configuration.

Marc

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>>> Oki DZ <litbang@haltek.telkom.net.id> 11/18 6:17 PM >>>


Brian Boonstra wrote:
>         You might want to try the Debian-based Linux Router Project, at
> 
>                 http://www.linuxrouter.org/ 
>
> The whole thing runs off a write-protected floppy, so you can't be hacked as
> badly as with a HD.  The docs on the official site are not too good, but
> here's a good one:
> 
>                 http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/9660/lrphowto.html 

OK, I'll check them out.

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). 

Thanks again,
Oki


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