Technabob » firewall http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:31:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Lunchbox Linux Firewall Keeps Network, Bologna Secure http://technabob.com/blog/2008/06/24/lunchbox-linux-firewall-keeps-network-bologna-secure/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/06/24/lunchbox-linux-firewall-keeps-network-bologna-secure/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:44:27 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/?p=2640 The other day, I came across this Cold war-era Geiger Counter PC casemod, and passed along the erroneous notion that it was created by some Russian modder. In fact, it was built by a guy named Andy over at widefault, right here in the good old US of A. While I was over checking out the build log for Andy’s Fallout Meter PC, I happened upon another one of his creations and thought it was worthy of a mention.

lunchbox firewall

Widefault happens to spend his days working near a Goodwill thrift store, and happened upon this plastic lunchbox when he was trolling the aisles one day. He thought to himself – what better use for this thing than to house a firewall for his network? With a little X-Acto knife work, Widefault transformed the lunchbox into a quick-and-easy computer.

lunchbox firewall inside

Since it didn’t need to be all that powerful to run the GNU/Linux-based Smoothwall firewall app, the lunchbox packs a compact Via C3 motherboard, along with a low-voltage power supply and an inexpensive 4GB Compact Flash memory card for storage. All told, the entire project cost under $100 bucks.

lunchbox firewall ports

While a 2007 Hot Wheels lunchbox isn’t exactly a rare retro artifact, it certainly could have carried some kid’s PB & J and Juicy Juice for at least one semester before meeting its maker.

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]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2008/06/24/lunchbox-linux-firewall-keeps-network-bologna-secure/feed/ 1 Ironic Image of the Day: Airport Security http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/09/ironic-image-of-the-day-airport-security/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/09/ironic-image-of-the-day-airport-security/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:12:47 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/09/ironic-image-of-the-day-airport-security/ I’m sure this is no indication of the level of security in airport computer systems…

airport security

…but it sure doesn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy about flying.

Keep up the good work!

[via flickr via DevicePedia]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/09/ironic-image-of-the-day-airport-security/feed/ 3 Yoggie: the Mini Network Security Appliance http://technabob.com/blog/2007/03/16/yoggie-the-mini-network-security-appliance/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/03/16/yoggie-the-mini-network-security-appliance/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:45:58 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/03/16/yoggie-the-mini-network-security-appliance/ If software-based security products are getting you down, check out this little (and I do mean little) gadget called the Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro. It’s a complete computer security solution that’s small enough to fit in your pocket.

yoggie security

The Linux-based miniature security appliance features 13 serious security systems in one little piece of hardware. The box plugs into your laptop or desktop PC via USB and provides just about every security feature you could want, including:

  • Stateful Inspection Firewall
  • Adaptive Security Policy
  • Multi-Layer Security Agent
  • Layer-8 Security Engine
  • URL Categorization & Filtering
  • Anti-Spam
  • Anti-Phishing
  • Anti-Spyware
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus
  • Transparent Email Proxies (POP3; SMTP)
  • Transparent Web Proxies (HTTP; FTP)
  • Intrusion Detection System / Intrusion Prevention System
  • VPN for Remote access

The Yoggie also offers the ability to add parental content-filtering controls to white-list or black-list sites from prying eyes.

The Yoggie Gatekeeper Pro is available now and costs $220, including a 1 year subscription to automatic security upgrades. Subsequent years will run $40 each. While that may seem a little high compared to software solutions, it’s likely to be more secure, and a single device can be used to protect up to 5 computers.

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