Hi Dorian,

Welcome back!!!  My first foray into Linux was with Slack, 1.2.8 kernel.

Please do not be offended, but I think you have your priorities backwards.
Get the firewall up and running first, then build a play machine.  A friend
of mine went down your proposed path.  He can't seem to find time to lock 
down his box, meanwhile, he has a ton of services running.  Fortunately, he 
has TCP wrappers installed and configured, so he's not as bad off as he could 
be.

Regards,

George
"Adopt a paranoid attitude because they ARE out to get you" -- Chris Wong



Dorian Monroe wrote:
> 
> Hi folks!  Long-time lurker, first-time poster!
> 
> I'm starting to get back into Linux after being away for a while.  I was
> running Slackware back in the 1.2.13 kernel days.  I've currently got Redhat
> 7.3 w/ the ximian gnome desktop running on a dual PPro and things are going
> well.  Still tinkering around a bit to see what I really want to do with
> this machine.  Probably just though another hard drive in there as network
> storage through Samba.  Maybe host a couple web pages.
> 
> Anyhow, on to my Installfest questions!  I'm considering going just to see
> what's going on, but if I were bringing a PC, I wouldn't want to go through
> the trouble of bringing my monitor, kb, & mouse.  Why not have a few KVM
> switches set up to do installations with?  You could be doing four(+/-)
> installations at once in a much smaller space.  I imagine there could be
> issues with people having older monitors at home than the one used for
> setup, but I'd think as long as they know what monitor they have, the
> refresh rates could be looked up & configured during setup.  Just curious as
> to why I haven't heard anyone mention using one yet.
> 
> Also, I'd be interested in hearing about some other applications of Linux.
> One of my favorites is Freesco, a floppy-based firewall/router -
> http://www.freesco.org/ for info.  I've also had luck with Coyote Linux in
> the past as well - http://www.coyotelinux.com/ .   I'll be working on
> setting up an old 486 as a Freesco box sometime when I get a chance.  Of
> course that may not be until late June, so I may be bringing that out!
> 
> Thanks for your time!!
> 
>     -- Dorian
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