Re: Re: !SPAM! Automated ssh scanning

[Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>]

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 gadgeteer () elegantinnovations org wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 03:14:27PM -0500, Ron DuFresne (dufresne () winternet com) wrote:
> > Those do not make alot of difference, the key is not to accept any of the
> > defaults by any of these dists, pick and choose carefully which individual
> > packages you install.   I know redhat has dependancy hell with various
> > packages, from the experience of trying to do as minimal as possible an
> > install for a webhost while migrating from sunone on solaris to
> > apache/redhat on the mainframe awhile back.  I do not doubt that some of
> > these additional dists are wraught with the same issues.  But, I do know
> > that slackware's installation process has the ability for one to do
> > finegrained installs and to determine specifically individual packages
> > from each package set.
>
> Just because slack does not prevent one from installing or not, whatever
> packages one chooses does not mean there is no dependency issues.  They
> are there and they will break things.


Agreed, but this offers one more then merely a 'default server/desktop'
choice in installs.  And dpenedencies tend to be made fairly clear in the
menu system for first installs.

Of course, I have always tended to not install various packages, even for
'feature rich blown installs' for my desktops, prefering to install source
<openssl, openssh, apache if I need a test server...>.

Production boxes tend to be single purpose systems, with minimal installed
for the objective at hand.  These  tend to be simpler and more efficient
to maintain, though often requires that  applications be built off of and
ported to the system offering resources to the public.

This goes hand in hand with your advice in the previous e-mail I read of
yours stating that one should not have to turn off what should not have
been installed in the first place <smile>.

Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
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