[NTLUG:Discuss] CD-Rom bootable Firewall w/ Services

[MadHat]

On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 15:23, David Simmons wrote:
> Hmmm....I'm stumped.  Thinking this would be an easy task has turned me
> round and round - so I'm looking for any advice.
> 
> Scene: I have an older computer - with no hard-drive (for sound, energy,
> reliability,etc reasons) - with multiple NICs that will become a
> firewall/router..Must be able to do SSH/IPSec, DHCP and NAT (w/ port
> forwarding)
> 
> It will need to boot from CD-Rom (or floppy) and write configuration/etc
> files to floppy that need changed from the CD-Rom version.  Once I rewrite
> the config files, I can move the 'write access' tab on the floppy...NOW
> since the floppy and CD-Rom are non-writable, I've filled a big hole.
> 
> The problem arises that I can't find a good software/package to use.  Any
> advice?
> 
> I like the setup/managability of SmoothWall....but see that it requires a
> hard-drive (don't want to use CF or similiar because of constant
> re-writes)....and while I like a *BSD type system, the only How-To's I've
> found on creating a boot-able CD-Rom live system are like recreating Rome.
> 

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