Interesting mail from a friend at Bristol Uni UK

Nancy Sollars plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:05:11 -0700


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I found this one funny it maybe my English sense of humour so if it is =
please=20
excuse me.


Here was his post to the Bristol Lug:-

Previously Peter Wilcock had writen

> Not wanting to start a debate on distributions, but I'm in the process
> of choosing a distribution to go a Compaq Proliant P133,32mb,2gig. Its
> going to be used as a web and email server for multiple domains. =
Usually
> I would opt for Redhat but the system requirements for 7.x are quite
> large. My current plan is RH62 with Freevsd.
> Comments Welcome

I aquired a system with RH6.2 on it, (a 32mb box) stuck it on =
blue-yonder
and sure enough it was rooted within 3 days. (good excuse to move it
over to slakware anyway).

Moral being use a modern distro, or don't be a muppet and leave =
everything
running (I'd intended to shut of ftp & lpd but got distracted).

If your setting up web and mail servers then I expect you'd be a bit =
more
security concious, but I had nothing on the machine anyway.

Martin

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I found this one funny it maybe my =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here was his post to the Bristol =
Lug:-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Previously Peter Wilcock had =
writen</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>&gt; Not wanting to start a debate on=20
distributions, but I'm in the process<BR>&gt; of choosing a distribution =
to go a=20
Compaq Proliant P133,32mb,2gig. Its<BR>&gt; going to be used as a web =
and email=20
server for multiple domains. Usually<BR>&gt; I would opt for Redhat but =
the=20
system requirements for 7.x are quite<BR>&gt; large. My current plan is =
RH62=20
with Freevsd.<BR>&gt; Comments Welcome</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I aquired a system with RH6.2 on it, (a =
32mb box)=20
stuck it on blue-yonder<BR>and sure enough it was rooted within 3 days. =
(good=20
excuse to move it<BR>over to slakware anyway).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Moral being use a modern distro, or =
don't be a=20
muppet and leave everything<BR>running (I'd intended to shut of ftp =
&amp; lpd=20
but got distracted).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If your setting up web and mail servers =
then I=20
expect you'd be a bit more<BR>security concious, but I had nothing on =
the=20
machine anyway.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Martin<BR></FONT></DIV>
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