Subject: Re: Visual Firewall; was: Activity
To: Jason <gee308@mediaone.net>
From: Drew P. Vogel <dvogel@intercarve.net>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 04/26/2001 21:15:52
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:

>
>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 :)
>
>
>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:
>>
>> 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 :)
>>
>> I read somewhere a reference to only needing 1 NIC to have a
>> firewall.  Does anyone know any issues with this?
>>
>> 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)
>> >
>> > 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...
>> >
>> >
>> >  - Hubert
>> >
>> > --
>> > Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
>> >
>> >
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