Re: bastille-linux?

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From: William Shotts
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:51

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Beartooth <karhunhammas@lserv.com> wrote:

> 	I've been looking over

> http://www.bastille-linux.org/

> and cautiously liking what I see. It even comes partly from
> around these parts ... <grin>

> 	Dumb question : is b-l something that the likes of a
> clodheaded greenhorn oughtta take on, or is it just for ISPs
> and sysops and suchlike Alpha Plus Nerds (APNs) who run
> servers and them thar fancy-dance electronic thing-a-ma-jigs
> -- the sorta stuff that mought c'd git us'ns into more
> trouble than it'd keep off?

> -- RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger, NR (Neo-Redneck)
> karhunhammas (at) lserv.com
> Delenda est MegaSleaze!

I used Bastille a couple of years ago and it works ok.  It's
pretty easy to install.  I suggest that you use it on a spare
system first to practice.

If you need a dedicated firewall box with NAT, etc.  I recommend
SmoothWall.  Just don't ask the SmoothWall developers for any support,
they will bite your head off :-)

-- 
|||||  William Shotts, Jr. (bshotts AT panix DOT com)
|||||  Be a Linux Commander!  Follow me to http://linuxcommand.org

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