Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When using a free OS as a router or firewall the main issue tends not > to be the OS itself but the box you are running it on. To really be > useful as a black box router it needs to be a small, fanless PC, > preferably booted off a flash drive instead of a hard drive.
Running dragonfly off of a CDROM drive like I do tends to be a decent, though not absolutely perfect, substitute for this. While I can't speak for the form factor, it has better properties than the flash drive...i.e. even if someone does hack into it, you just reboot and there's no way that I know of to alter a CD-R image after it's been burned. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< None should say "I can trust" or "I cannot trust" until they are the master of the option of trusting or not trusting.