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RE: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ?
From: "R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:48:22 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 15 May 2003, Keith A. Glass wrote: [SNIP]
Like I said, I'll D/l it, so how tough it is to update the packages. .
Updating packages, or uninstalling and then compiling from source and reinstalling specific parts of the system packages can be a real problem, depending upon the dist. Try moving from apache 1.3.X under redhat to 2.0.X. Whether or not this is an issue with debian and or suse, I'm unsure. I know in my slackware builds, I work around some of the default dist packages and do tinker with tarballs and such, to tweak, and funny thing is, sometimes end up with far less a mess then those working woth redhat/mandrake systems. Then there are other issues of concern, like support contracts. The organization I work for is migrating some of our web hosting servers to linux on the manframe. So, IBM appears to be our support vendor, and even though it has not been fully hashed out, I'm betting pulling packages from the default 'images' and recompiling for specific needs and taste is going to be an issue. Course, I'm not sure that even redoing the kernel might not be problematic from this perspective.... Thanks, Ron DuFresne -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ admin & senior security consultant: sysinfo.com http://sysinfo.com "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart testing, only testing, and damn good at it too! _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Carson Gaspar (May 14)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Devdas Bhagat (May 15)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Bill Royds (May 16)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Marcus J. Ranum (May 15)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Matthew Kirkwood (May 16)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Devdas Bhagat (May 15)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Crispin Cowan (May 14)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Mason Schmitt (May 15)
- RE: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? salgak (May 15)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Barney Wolff (May 15)
- RE: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Keith A. Glass (May 16)
- RE: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? R. DuFresne (May 16)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Barney Wolff (May 15)
- Re: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ? Carson Gaspar (May 14)