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Comments on: USB stick security suite puts squeeze on software

Great... now how about an Ethernet version? 

Posted Thursday 31st May 2007 12:49 GMT

USB is all very well, but what would be cool is an Ethernet version that works at 10/100/1000, doesn't require drivers - and can protect all the machines I have on my home network, not just one PC.

Drivers are so passé for stuff like this - Ethernet is an open standard, and works on any platform. It's also far less CPU-hungry than USB, as a lot of operations are accelerated by the average network card.

Oliver.

Portability a problem 

Posted Thursday 31st May 2007 17:04 GMT

What if someone walks off with the USB key? You better have a doberman guarding it. The idea sounds great but you need something in vitro.

Already have 

Posted Thursday 31st May 2007 20:39 GMT

Just got to www.yoggie.com and find the Gatekeeper as you described - 2 Network ports.

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