Dec 13
The Yoggie Pico not only has a silly name, but it has also won a ton of innovation awards including the CES Innovations Award. This little device is a personal security server for your computer. It plugs into the computer’s USB port, and it provides 13 built-in security applications that help to keep your computer safe from hackers and viruses. The Yoggie Pico also helps to speed up the overall performance of the computer as well.
Designed to off-load from your PC any installed security software this dedicated mini-server provides PC users with the following benefits:
- Block all Internet threats outside, before they reach your PC
- Hide your PC from Internet Hackers
- Boost your PC’s performance
- Dual Flash memory mechanism constitutes an “Untouchable Operating System” barrier for complete physical isolation of your PC from threats
- Protection from known as well as unknown attacks
- Plug and Forget easy installation and operation with no special technical knowledge required
- Security software updates accumulate on the Yoggie’s external mini-server, instead of draining your PC’s resources
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December 13th, 2007 at 2:41 am
The problem with these is that if you do not configure them properly, they are basically useless. But interesting idea.
December 17th, 2007 at 11:01 am
I wonder if you can reprogram it to make it work the opposite way
Dale
December 27th, 2007 at 1:12 am
“The problem with these is that if you do not configure them properly, they are basically useless. But interesting idea.”
That could be said with any firewall so what’s your point?
This page is more informative. http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5094510735.html
I assume it has some default level of protection which can then be further tightened.
What I really like is that the Ethernet/WiFi passes through the device which is the only way a firewall can work “before they reach the PC”. This is not a host firewall like zonealarm this is true hardware security.
The only problem I can see is that users will have to disconnect their built in Ethernet or WiFi but I’m sure that’s in the document.