Re: [Devil-linux-develop] suggestions for 0.5 Beta CD layout

Hi!

Martin Mueller wrote:
> 
> Security is always a compromise between convenience, usability and
> security. My focus is on systems, which are "secure enough" but still
> reliable and convenient. When you're used to remote administration
> like I am, you'll begin to detest any kind of moving parts in
> computers, since they constantly fail ... so my most favoured setup
> atm is a firewall that runs from EEPROM/Ramdisk combination which has
> a readonly-switch on the flash card. So when I have to make changes to
> the system, I just call my friend and tell him to enable writing to
> the flash, then I put the updates on, and afterwards he switches it
> back to readonly. The system runs from ramdisk though, to be able to
> pull the flash card during operation and flip the switch.

I agree, but my point is that CD-ROMs are a commodity nowadays. You can
get them in every computer store around the corner. When your flash card 
goes into Nirvana you are lost because you have to order that part and 
maybe wait for a week or more for it to arrive. 

So my view is, use only commodity hardware and flash disks are still not 
a commodity nowadays - they might be some day.

-- 
MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock