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I saw a demo of this by Max a couple of weeks ago when I was in Europe. One of the first things that came to mind was developing a PoE (http://www.arxceo.com/) or USB-powered (http://www.yoggie.com/) Linux-based device to sell to law enforcement agencies to gather keystrokes to ascertain encryption keys without tipping the suspect.

It's already been done: http://www.yoggie.com/

Many Israeli companies have been making computer-on-a-stick for quiet a while now. For example, Yoggie has been making some running linux to be used for security applications. I pick up a regular computer-on-a-stick for about $40USD 3 years ago in Tel Aviv.

it is a usb 'stick'. from their site: "The world's first Linux-based dedicated & robust security computer in a USB stick, with 13 built-in security applications!"

Hello,

What I would like to know is how Yoggie's devices compare to Zyxel's ZyWALL P1. Zyxel's device is larger at about 5×3×0.75" (assuming I'm doing the metric conversion properly) but it is a standalone device with two 10/100 Ethernet ports. Zyxel's web site says anti-virus, IDP and anti-spam will be available in the future, but since that was two years ago with no update to the web site since then, I'm guessing they will never be added, so the device only acts as a firewall with SPI and DDoS protection and VPN client. Still, at around $70.00 or so, it is half the cost of the Yoggie and you can always run anti-virus and anti-spam on your client PC.

I have not used either device, so I am wondering how their respective firewall and VPN feature sets compare.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

That is why Yoggie also offers the Gatekeeper, which does exactly what you want.

The new device was created because a USB interface is less cumbersome and less expensive, while still offering a similar feature set and only somewhat reduced security.