Mike Noyes wrote: >> -snip- >>>> Is a LEAF distribution required to fit on and boot from a 1.44Mb floppy? >> >> Ken, >> No. See: Project Goals >> >> "Maintain as small a footprint as possible for release/branch >> target installations." > > Ken, > Just to clarify, the LEAF project description and goals haven't had the > word floppy in them for years. >
I'm guessing that would be an honoust mistaken from anyone that remembers the abandoned Linux Router Project. With LEAF having adopted so much from that earlier project it can be hard to tell the difference at first glance. The concept of having read-only media to boot from has, in my opinion, not lost its validity. The thought of being able to reboot and loose anything a hacker has changed, is very assuring. Obviously you'll still need to plug the leak that the hacker discovered, but at least you have no immediate worry about others discovering the hackers backdoor. I realize that none of the commercial products appear to be using this concept, but their solution is to reset to factory defaults. In essence that is no different, but it offers a lot less flexibility towards the people operating it. I do not use LEAF out of cheapness, I use it because I think I can do a better job than those commercial products. Gordon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
