On Tue, 2006-06-27 at 10:25 -0500, Patrick Murphy wrote:
> > Obviously, physically securing the hardware is an issue, but I don't see
> > that as a big issue.
> 
> That password barrier sould be a good deterrent. 

As long as the password is set to something OTHER then the default, you
wouldn't believe how many times I've found devices with the default
password still set.

> I'm a bit uncertain,
> however, what device would require a password - do modems themselves
> allow the requiring of passwords? It's been a while since I've tried
> it, but IIRC, I was able to connect my laptop directly to my broadband
> modem and surf the net.

The password would be in the VPN box. The only connection you supply to
the clients is a connection to the VPN box. The VPN box would be
connected to the modem, and would be the only thing at the colony with a
free connection to the internet, hence the need to physically secure it.
The VPN box's configuration would have to be passworded.

> I like the idea of ISP transparency - some colonies can only get an
> expensive satellite connection, while others would be able to choose a
> less expensive connection.
> 
> The tradeoff is, then, lower bandwidth vs. ISP transparency.

Absolutely. That said, if email and a few webpages are the only things
the clients are using bandwidth shouldn't be much of an issue.

TTYL

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