[ISN] Turning the SEGA Dreamcast into a Linux firewall/router

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Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 00:37:35 PDT

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    http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2269911435.html
    
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    by Christian Berger (Jun. 9, 2003)
    
    Introduction
    
    This highly detailed 101-page how-to article provides the necessary 
    background and procedures to turn a SEGA Dreamcast gaming console into 
    a Linux-based software router with firewalling and virtual private 
    networking capabilities. The article explains how to create the 
    necessary toolchain for compiling both programs and the Linux kernel, 
    and shows how, starting from scratch, you can build a Linux operating 
    system that runs entirely in memory.
    
    Why bother?
    
    Today, the total costs of ownership (TCO) of a personal computer are 
    so low, that you might wonder: "Why bother to build a software router 
    based on a gaming console?"
    
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