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Re: Floppies & WP
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I'm using two leaf boxes (3.1beta2 or beta1, I'd have to look again)
that boot from CDROM and load from an older USB stick that has a hardware write protect switch on the drive. I have to power down and then move the switch to update or change settings but for the most part I haven't had to do that on a regular basis. I've also been using leaf since the 1.2 release and am very satisfied with it. Thanks! Fred Stevens On 8/10/09, Paul Rogers <paulgrogers@...> wrote: > Look, there are obviously different perspectives on this. And that's > to say that LEAF meets different needs! > >> How much of an issue is having write protection? I can understand that >> it is better in theory but I can't think of a commercial firewall >> product (Cisco PIX, Linksys, DLink etc) that does not use flash and >> that has any sort of write protection. > > Why do you think we prefer LEAF to commercial boxes? Besides the > obvious fact that one is FREE and the other not only costs money, but > represents a "monoculture" that "protects" attractive targets, that is. > Break one, get into all. > >> If having boot from R/O media is an issue you could boot from CD and >> save to a floppy. You could also write protect CF media with a >> hardware hack to the cable. > > OH, now there's an attractive installation! > >> So from my perspective this would seem to be a non issue for most >> users and that for those few where it is an issue there are ways >> around it with some extra work. > > As long as they have YOUR perspective, eh? > > For the record, I'm still using Bering-1.2, IIRC. It ain't broke, I've > seen no reason to FIX it. I certainly WOULD be running from a WP > floppy, except the BIOS of the Compaq pizza-box it's on won't boot from > an extended format floppy, so I had to get cute & tricky! For me, the > ultimate criterion for a firewall is SURETY. I've seen nothing yet that > beats a floppy installation, given that spending money unnecessarily is > an issue for a retired person living on a low fixed income. > -- > Paul Rogers > paulgrogers@... > http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ > Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." > (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) > > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ |
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