[KLUG Members] question about Linux-based firewall/router/AP appliance

[Robert G. Brown]

On Mon, 09 May 2005 07:30:58 -0400, Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com> wrote:

>You lost me.  (no need to clarify, that would imply I care :)
You're losing easily! :)

If you don't care, don't reply.

>My point is since D-L "supports" running from a USB device means D-L
>comes with a script to set things up, and if it doesn't work the  
>developers
>will fix it (or do their best to fix it).
Well, it turns out that the most recent releases if IPCop support
flash, etc.

>One other point is USB flash drives have a VERY LIMITED number of
>writes (compared to a hard drive), which leads me to believe that  
>running
>a distro like ipcop on a USB drive is NOT a good idea since it is  
>constantly
>writing to the media (log files, etc.).

>From the IPCop 1.4.0 manual, Appendix C:
"You may be wondering about the viability of such a system, given the  
limits on the number of times a compact flash can be written to.  
IPCop changes its file system attributes so that the last file access 
time  is not recorded on the flash's simulated hard drive.  Logs and 
other temporary files are kept on a ram disk. The logs are compressed 
weekly, at shutdown and when the ram disk begins to fill  up.  Using 
this strategy, it has been estimated that a compact flash should be  
able to last 5 years."

Probably long enough...

>What brand/make of mobo?  I'd like to find something like that!!!

I'll find out, if you're interested. At the time, I thought it was fairly
generic.
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