Is it possible to connect two BBAs to a DC? Also, is it feasible to
control two BBAs with netbsd?

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Jason wrote:

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>Performance decrease for one thing.  You also need to use a router with outside
>connection connected to it and internal network.
>I dont think the DC would make a good firewall.  But it would be cool :)
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>Andy Michaels wrote:
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>> Hubert, I got the DC to boot off CD and mount the HPCSH distro as the root
>> FS.  What problems are you encountering?  I was also thinking about the
>> following:
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>> 1) using a VMU for system configuration and as a r/w fs
>> 2) using apache as a remote configuration tool (write some cgi's or
>> something)
>> 3) put a nice flamejob sticker on the DC :)
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>> I read somewhere a reference to only needing 1 NIC to have a
>> firewall.  Does anyone know any issues with this?
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>> Andy
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>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
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>> > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Andy Michaels wrote:
>> > > I should be getting my BBA next month when I'm officially out of debt.  I
>> > > was thinking about doing some type of "visual firewall" with the DC, but
>> > > don't really know where to start.  Is anyone interested in something like
>> > > this?
>> >
>> > Sure... areas that may be interresting here (and can be used elsewhere):
>> >  * get a NetBSD system on a CD, and boot from that (not from BBA)
>> >  * get to prepare such a (bootable) CD with NetBSD tools like mkisofs and
>> >    cdrecord. (I tried the instructions on Marcus' page, but with little
>> >    success so far)
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>> > Also, do we have some drivers to talk to the modem, e.g. for dial-out?
>> > I had a few students ask the other day as they don't have BBAs...
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>> >  - Hubert
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>> > --
>> > Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
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