[SunRescue] Finally got DSL

[Jeff Workman]

Stoned koala bears drooled eucalyptus spit in awe as mike dombrowski exclaimed:

> >> To confuse hackers, I'd put firewall software on a Win3.1 system - 
> how
> >> many scriptjockys were using computers *that long ago*? Security by
> >> obscurity...
> >
> >I know of one family of firewalls built on DOS.  Instead of taking a 
> >Network-aware OS and hardening it, they started with a Network-
> ignorant OS and 
> >added just enough to make it pass the desired traffic.

While I don't think you can do any packet filtering with it, you can take
an old MSDOS box and run KA9Q atop it as an IP router.  I even used to
have an email somewhere with detailed instructions for how to do so, with
a 286.

Jeff

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