[luau] Airgapped networks?
Jeff Mings
jeffm at lava.net
Thu Jul 25 18:03:01 PDT 2002
Airgapped? I'm curious - could you please explain this?
-Jeff
Brian Chee wrote:
>5. Lastly, most motherboards do not have the capability of using a serial
>port as a true console device. (ala Sun sparcs) and thusly you don't get a
>console until the linux/bsd/etc is up and running. Some of the Intel
>motherboards do have a true serial console...the cool part about that is
>that you can actually connect a terminal/console server (like the Lantronix
>SSH terminal servers) to the console. I've created a airgapped network
>(separate from the world) just for console devices (Networld+Interop calls
>it "Access Ether") so that even if I'm getting dos'ed I can get into the
>console and deal with it. I've done some of my servers and almost all of my
>switches. That way I can get into a serial console without having to walk
>all over my building....even better when you have to deal with a campus.
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>/brian chee
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