Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a wireless software upgrade remotely
Hi, On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Grant wrote: Maybe what I need is a little box attached to each of my systems that is solid and can always be used to get into the system it's attached to. Does something like this exist? I think I've heard a Unix buddy of mine talking about something like this. Yes, this is commonly called a console server which connects to potentially a lot of other boxes via serial console. You can build one on your own... But I guess even a solid box like that needs software upgrades from time to time. ...which is true if you want to build it on your own. Well, OTOH, as far as it just does its job and there's no remotely exploitable error in the ssh server and kernel, you're not urged to update... HWH -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a wireless software upgrade remotely
> > Maybe what I need is a little box attached to each of my systems that > > is solid and can always be used to get into the system it's attached > > to. Does something like this exist? I think I've heard a Unix buddy > > of mine talking about something like this. > > Yes, this is commonly called a console server which connects to > potentially a lot of other boxes via serial console. You can build one on > your own... > > > But I guess even a solid box like that needs software upgrades from > > time to time. > > ...which is true if you want to build it on your own. Well, OTOH, as far > as it just does its job and there's no remotely exploitable error in the > ssh server and kernel, you're not urged to update... > > > HWH > Thanks, that sounds like just what I need. Any ideas on where to find out more about these? - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a wireless software upgrade remotely
On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Grant wrote: > Thanks, that sounds like just what I need. Any ideas on where to find > out more about these? You will probably find it more expensive to build a console server than to buy one (unless you just need one serial port - in which case an old PC with a serial cable should do it - you just need to configure a login on the serial port of the other PC and use minicom on the "console server" to connect). Another option is to find a used one on Ebay. Last summer I picked up a terminal server made by Digi (digi.com) very cheap. Cyclades (cyclades.com) also make nice ones (expensive). Cyclades make multi-port serial cards so you could build a console server (though it works out more expensive to do so). -- GPV /G-P-V/ n. Abbrev. for General Public Virus in widespread use. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
