Hi, > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:32:41 -0700 (PDT) > From: jeremy rubia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: leaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [leaf-user] LEAF Theory of Operation > > Hi to all, > > I had been browsing and searching all docs in this > archive and including the leaf homepage but still cant > find what i want. > Just want to know on where can i find a document that > explains the theory of operation of LEAF.
>From experience, LEAF is one of the most documented opensource projects that I know of. Anyways, basically, LEAF is a Linux Firewall (and service/s package) on a floppy disk project. Theories in-practise are: - boot off a Linux Firewall (and server,etc) OS from a floppy disk - floppy disk simply contains compressed images (tgz'd images) - compressed images are exploded on ram disk to make up the entire Linux fs - changes made in config settings are backed up by compressing (tgz'ing) volatile fs files on ramdisk back to image format, then copied back to the floppy disk note that the floppy disk target has now evolved in many forms. many people are also using CDROMS (no backup or backup is done on other media), Compact Flash, MTDs, etc. HTH - vic --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
