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Date:      Sat, 09 Feb 2002 08:06:41 -0600
From:      Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB "Memorybird" quirks
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.2.20020209080221.057c9ec0@mail.Go2France.com>
In-Reply-To: <200202091216.g19CGk874726@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <XFMail.020208224908.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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>I think that would be a very good idea.  The boot software
>issue is negligible, because there aren't any USB devices
>you can boot from.

Is booting from a USB device planned?  For diskless routers, we had the 
idea of using one of the USB "key fob" devices as emergency boot 
device.  The OS and ipfilter + rules would be on CF, and if that every got 
compromised, plug in the CF-in-a-key-fob device to the USB port and re-boot.

Len


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