Yoggie Pico Linux usb stick.

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I've had a quick look through the previous pages and can't find anything about this so .....

Does anyone know anything about/use this USB stick containing loads of security stuff?

The details can be found Here .

It looks quite a good idea and I was wondering what you Linux monkeys ;) thought of it?
 
i want one for my server and my desktop, good gaming performance with security, if someone can find me a link in the uk to it ill get it
 
Don't see much point really, i think i saw this on slashdot a while ago and apparently it just moves your TCP/IP stack to the USB drive?

Offloads some CPU usage, but probably as effective as that nVidia nForce3 "hardware firewall", or that network card that had a 266mhz CPU (killer something?)

Defiantly has the uber cool/wow/geek factor though, and if it were cheaper, would probably sell well.
 
You can get them quite cheaply in the UK. For a list of available retailers, see the Yoggie site.

Yes, they are a very good idea in that all traffic has to pass through the Yoggie before being released as safe to the OS. That includes ethernet, wifi and bluetooth. Yoggie has it's own memory and processor so offloads all of the work that the host computer would normally have to do. Windows defender, firewall, anti-phishing in IE, spam filtering, Anti Virus etc, etc all take up CPU cycles when ran on the host computer.

The good thing about the Yoggie is all the bad stuff is filtered before ever getting to your computer...in effect, your PC is isolated. Without it, all that nasty stuff actually gets onto the PC before the software picks it up.

Read the reviews, there's plenty out there.
 
TheOtherPhil said:
Yes, they are a very good idea in that all traffic has to pass through the Yoggie before being released as safe to the OS. That includes ethernet, wifi and bluetooth. Yoggie has it's own memory and processor so offloads all of the work that the host computer would normally have to do. Windows defender, firewall, anti-phishing in IE, spam filtering, Anti Virus etc, etc all take up CPU cycles when ran on the host computer.

The good thing about the Yoggie is all the bad stuff is filtered before ever getting to your computer...in effect, your PC is isolated. Without it, all that nasty stuff actually gets onto the PC before the software picks it up.
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A bit expensive IMO! £65-80?
You could spend an extra £50 on upgrading your CPU to compensate for some of the extra processing cycles, and you'd still need a file antivirus on the PC.

Or have i misunderstood, and Kaspersky is executed on the Yoggie? If it is, then it's not much use, as you would need to transfer all files to the yoggie for scanning?

If they placed it on firewire it could scan your RAM i guess, but still need a proper AV.

Absolutely great idea, having an embedded computer hanging off USB, but surely there's a better application than this. Hopefully people will hack it so you can give it something better to do :p

Just seen the gatekeeper one, which looks better.
 
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I think these, when aimed at the corporate market as opposed to geeky individuals such as ourselves, are a good idea. It allows a company's security department to be confident that their roaming users are protected when off the LAN, and that they won't bring dirty machines on to the network when they are back in the office.
 
JIM_BOB7813 said:
A bit expensive IMO! £65-80?
You could spend an extra £50 on upgrading your CPU to compensate for some of the extra processing cycles, and you'd still need a file antivirus on the PC.

Or have i misunderstood, and Kaspersky is executed on the Yoggie? If it is, then it's not much use, as you would need to transfer all files to the yoggie for scanning?

If they placed it on firewire it could scan your RAM i guess, but still need a proper AV.
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Yep, indeed Kaspersky AV is included and runs from the desktop to provide file scanning. The main benefit is the physical separation of your computer from the network and the fact that all the other programs are running on seperate hardware. Therefore, there is less likelyhood of system instability on your main PC. Also, running processes don't just eat memory and CPU cycles....they need to access the disk. The Yoggie keeps all it's files on flash RAM, no patches ever reach your HD. The less crap you install, the better the system is likely to run IMO.
 
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