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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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
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,
You wrote:
> I have an Intel/486 and want to set it up as a router.
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
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