Re: [Nolug] Often overlooked technique for that extra bit of added security

From: Dave Prentice <prentice_at_instruction.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:02:38 -0600
Message-ID: <01c2b993$3ebb7980$6500000a@Dave.HOME>

Check ebay - used SCSI drives are pretty cheap there.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
<snip>
>> Yes, SCSI disks are cheap on a $/GB basis. However, the maximum
>> internal storage is only 17.6GB, so you wouldn't be paying much,
>> anyway.
>>
>> BTW, not only do real *servers* have serial-port consoles, but
>> real storage controllers have serial-port consoles! There's
nothing
>> like plugging a spare VT510 into your balky HSZ80 because your
>> AlphaServer 4100 won't boot...
>
>If I would have been thinking, I would have rescued the HSZ40 or the
>HSZ50 from the salvage pile. At least there would have been some
>2 and 4 gig drives to go along with it. If I remember right, they
bought it
>in '97, so it wasn't really all that old. I used Hyperterminal to
configure it,
>since the VT220's are getting harder to come by at work.
>
>Andy
>

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