Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:59:11 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Rudi Opperman <ROpperma@dtt.co.za> Cc: Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[2]: Help me win the MS-Proxy/ipfw war Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990929085433.28587A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <000F7337.C21325@dtt.co.za>
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Rudi Opperman wrote: > 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? Maybe. It would cost more, though. The disk only gets used at boot, which should be only at powerfail time, right? So you read the disk a couple times a year. I wouldn't be too worried about it, especially if you aren't using it for remotely located stuff. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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