> I've seen the "shared /etc" concept kicked around so much, I'm sure there mus > t be a way to do it, but there's at least one file (mtab), that normally gets > updated at boot time. The routers and > firewalls I've seen usually load the root fs into a ramdisk. Since they boot > the same every time, it doesn't matter if changes are lost.
Devil Linux and Guardian run from CD. They're too big to run in RAM on anything _I_ would use for a firewall. Both can save/restore configuration information on floppy, and this controls what's run. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
