sneakernet/off-line proxy server
Patton Echols
p.echols at comcast.net
Fri Apr 15 02:11:37 UTC 2011
On 04/14/2011 02:35 PM, Tom Sparks wrote:
> I have a computer that dose not have internet/network access
>
> I would like to give the computer internet access via a seakernet/off-line proxy server
>
> what are my options?
>
My first thought is that you should be careful not to run a fowl of RFC-1149
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149
It turns out that there are some less avian alternatives like this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizzy_Digital_Courier
Or follow the install guide linked here.
https://github.com/drewcrawford/sneakernet
More ideas linked in this article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet
Let us know how it comes out
Best quote:
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_wagon> full of tapes hurtling down
the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_S._Tanenbaum> (1996). /Computer
Networks/. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 83. ISBN
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number>
0-13-349945-6
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-13-349945-6>.
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