Subject: Re: Possible uses?
To: Gary <gary@spiritwars.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 02/09/2001 10:02:22
On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Gary wrote:

> If you've got a static file system on CD, why not a small IPfilter
> firewall for a home LAN? That's assuming you can assign multiple IPs
> to the ethernet interface like normal BSD dists. You'd want to come up
> with some kind of tool that configs it before burning it to disc -- this
> would be similar to the floppy based firewalls like floppyfw, LRP, or
> Coyote Linux. A firewall with a RAM disc or immutable filesystem is ideal.
> The drawback would be that you'd need to reburn it anytime you wanted to
> make changes but with media coming in at .50 each these days they're
> cheaper than floppies.

	Presumably you could store the config on a memory card?

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