Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:56:56 +0200 From: ROpperma@dtt.co.za (Rudi Opperman) To: Mike Holling <myke@ees.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[2]: Help me win the MS-Proxy/ipfw war Message-ID: <000F7337.C21325@dtt.co.za>
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Hi
A little bit off topic but...
I understand the benefits of diskless operations - but are floppies/stiffies
such a good idea? Isn't their mtf worse than hdd? Would booting off some other
type of media (zip /cd / 120mbfloppy), configured readonly, be better?
bye
rudi
> I wouldn't run a diskless firewall unless I had provisions for remote
> logging. And in any case, disks are so cheap nowadays - the added
> flexibility is well worth the added cost.
I sell PicoBSD-based NAT systems for mostly home/SOHO DSL/cablemodem
users. The benefit of no hard drive is there's no hard drive to fail, and
even the floppy only has to work at boot time. Makes the units much
quieter too.
- Mike
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