[Coco] Completely OT Question?

[Jim Cox]

Here's a link on dial-up security or the lask there of:

http://www.techworld.com/security/features/index.cfm?fuseaction=displayfeatures&featureid=128&page=1&pagepos=11

or

http://tinyurl.com/c7l8c

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:47:08 -0700
  "Jim Cox" <jimcox at miba51.com> wrote:
> 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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