So the gist of it is these machines are useless to use in any sort of small firewall deal, but great to learn on or use for a DNS server.
Wonderful...I now have 20 doorstops :)
>From: Ron DuFresne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: J Weismann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: HP-UX and firewall building
>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:18:11 -0600 (CST)
>
>
>Of course, you understand that HP systems have no shadow passwrd system
>and you are forced to place the system into TCB mode to get any similiar
>functionality out of them. So, until HP's next release or two ahead
>incorporates a shadow passwrd system by default, you will need to take
>this step. And, do underswtand TCB mode is messy to script to.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ron DuFresne
>
>On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, J Weismann wrote:
>
> >
> > I recieved a large quantity of HP-UX 712/60 machines and am interested in
> > putting a BSD flavor on it. After looking around a bit I think Net and Open
> > BSD will work. Has anyone had any success in putting it on and using them
> > as a firewall/NAT/DHCP box or even an IDS snooper?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any suggestions in general with what to do with these things would be
> > appreciated. We are hoping to build a linux Beowulf cluster with them and
> > if anyone can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
> >
> >
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