NSLU2 replacement?

[paul at pauldotcom.com (Paul Asadoorian)]

The problem with consumer devices is that the hardware is not "open"  
and future revisions could mean hardware changes. With minipici we van  
control the hardware

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On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/3/5 Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek at irongeek.com>:
> > I'm thinking of doing some research into drop boxes (please let me  
> > know if
> > there is already a name for them), little computers you leave at a  
> > site that
> > allow you to get into the network and pivot around firewalls by  
> > shoveling a
> > shell back to your host outside of the network. The NSLU2 is no  
> > longer being
> > made, and my understanding is the nas200 is not as hackable. Any  
> > ideas on
> > other good dropboxes (by the way, have I coined a new term :) )?
> If all you are after is a box to pivot from then the basic Fon is a
> good cheap device. Does wired and wireless and has some storage.
>
> Robin
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