[Coco] Completely OT Question?

[Dave Kelly]

Jim Cox 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
>