Re: [SLUG] CD-Based Firewall

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Sat Nov 06 2004 - 09:49:24 EST


On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 11:52:24PM -0500, James Miller wrote:

> Then, do you have to make the floppy readable, or can you make it read only
> for Coyote?
>

It can be writable or not. Making it read-only prohibits hackers from
somehow hacking your permanent configuration. Making it writable allows
you to alter your configuration as needed.

I think the problem is that Coyote has never set the distro up to run
from anything other than a floppy. So it's tweaked in that direction.

Paul
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