At 2005-01-21T15:12:26+1300, yuri wrote:
> I would never put a desktop OS on a box that has a modem *and* a NIC.
> The only reason a box would have both is when it's acting as a
> gateway, in which case a firewall OS is called for.
Rubbish. What about, for example, a desktop system that's attached to a
LAN but uses a modem for dial-up VPN access occasionally? The same
basic configuration could be two machines connected via the LAN (e.g. to
share files) with one of the machines using the modem for Internet
access?
Cheers,
-mjg
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