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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