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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