Folks,
Thought this might interest you...
cu
denis
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Mdk 8.0 or Mdk Security for 486-based firewall/data server?
(Date: 2001-05-10 00:00:00)
Topic: Security
<P>My wife and I are hoping to get a cable net connection soon and I'd like to cobble
together some computer bits and set up a 486 as a firewall and general data server
(CVS, email, web, FTP, all using virtual servers). I'm trying to decide between
waiting for a 486 compile of Mdk 8.0 or the forthcoming Mdk Security distro.</P>
<P>Given that it'll be a 486 PC, Mdk 8.0 is out until a version is released that will
run on it, so that pretty-much leaves running Mdk Security and installing/configuring
the extra services by hand. How easy would it be to kick MdkSecurity into a
generally-usable server?</P>
<P>Keep up the excellent work guys!</P>
<P><I>
<strong>Answer:</strong>Although primarly developed as a firewall/rooter,
MandrakeSecurity offers a possibility to configure firewall rules which allow running
different servers on "firewall" machine. Configuration of these servers isn't
integrated in MandrakeSecurity web configuration interface, but nothing prevents you
from running Webmin, or using any other configuration tool to do so.
</P><P> Of corse, running different servers on firewall/rooter machine makes this
machine more woulnerable, but IMO MandrakeSecurity still remains more secure than
standard LM distribution (hey, that's what it's made for!)
</I></P>
You can read interesting articles at Mandrake Forum
http://mandrakeforum.com
