[Coco] Completely OT Question?

[Jim Cox]

By the way, I do realize that attacks on dial up 
connections are not as common as those against DSL or 
Cable connections, but it does happen, especially when 
people are on-line for a long time and attackers know the 
IP ranges for specific networks.

-Jim

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:41:52 -0700
  "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
> I know this is completely OT, but I'll try and make it a 
>little CoCo related.
> 
> I just tried to help someone who is using dial up and 
>who either may have had their system owned or a virus.
> 
> After I was done trying to help them, I began thinking, 
>why hasn't anyone come out with a firewall appliance for 
>systems using modems?  It should be simple enough. 
>Basically it would be a single port version of a 
>Firewall/Router and if you wanted, you could build a 
>modem into the thing and make  either a USB, Serial, or 
>Ethernet connection to the system.  By the way, I did a 
>Google and didn't come up with anything.
> 
> You would think Netgear or Linksys would have something 
>like this.  Hell, AOL could sell it as part of their 
>package.
> 
> Now to make this some what CoCo related, in the past 
>I've asked others how the CoCo with a network interface 
>(SuperBoard or other) could be used as a network security 
>device?  Thinking of this and using old modems has given 
>me some ideas.  Could the CoCo using NitrOS or Kontiki 
>(maybe) be used as a firewall for a PC using dial up?  I 
>don't think it could handle 56Kb, but maybe some slower 
>stuff.  I could use it to prove the idea, then port it 
>over to a faster processor.  Hmmm.
> 
> Sorry if this is OT.  I'm kind of thinking (typing) 
>out-load here, and I thought I'd bounce it off the list.
> 
> -Jim
> 
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