Hi guys. A while ago I talked to the folks on this list about building a bridging firewall. Now I have the hardware and software in place, so my next question is about hardening the machine it self. I guess the goal here is to get as close to 24/7 uptime as possible. I have a older machine (Celeron 300, Abit BH6, 128mb RAM), so I replaced all the likely stuff to die (hard disk and power supply). The processor and motherboard have always been reliable, so I'm not going to worry to much about them. Now the real question is about software. What should go (like telnet, ftp, nfs etc), and what should stay or be added (eg ssh). Also has anyone played with spinning down hard drives with hdparm? Seems to me if we're not using it we might as well spin it down and not wear it out.
Thanks, Matthew Kopishke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
