James Ortega wrote: > > > load Linux Firewall off a solid state drive. > > > > If you have the possibility to use a larger flash chip than the > > standard supplied with the board you can even load the Linux > > kernel itself off the boot flash. > > Forgive my ignorance, something like CF Flash?
No, I should have been more clear, sorry. :) Coreboot and a so-called payload are programmed into the flash chip on the mainboard there the BIOS used to be. The payload can of course be a boot-loader that loads a kernel from a hard drive or CF (which is functionally identical to a hard drive) - but the payload can also be a Linux kernel. > I was looking for maybe an x2 would be fine for the processor. If you're only going to forward packets I think that is huge overkill. > The drives will be needed to house the firewall software. In > addition they will contain the log files. If you're running Linux there's already a firewall built-into the kernel. If by software you mean lots of applications that will run on top of the kernel then maybe those drives can be useful. > As a precaution the log files will also be sent to a > syslog server. That's always a good idea. > I'll look at the above mentioned boards and see if they fix my > requirements. Well, the Geode LX doesn't have the same bang as an X2, but it will do firewalling without any problems. //Peter -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
