Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Ethan Benson wrote: > security.debian.org is only for stable, it won't work on woody or > unstable since they almost invariably have newer versions then what > goes in security.debian.org. the fact you have so far seen good > results with security is mostly chance. if a security fix has some > de

Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:01:10AM +0200, Johan Segernäs wrote: > > And no, i wouldn't use woody on a firewall, it's to many packet-updates all > > the time, takes > > to much time to keep track of everything imho. > > woody also does not get security updates, in fact it c

Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Ethan Benson wrote: > security.debian.org is only for stable, it won't work on woody or > unstable since they almost invariably have newer versions then what > goes in security.debian.org. the fact you have so far seen good > results with security is mostly chance. if a security fix has some > d

Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Hi Craig, > Now what i need to know, is woody stable enough for a proxy/firewall machine ...no prob at all, woody is nearly stable and i use it since half a year without any probs as a firewall/squid-proxy and as a productive system (intranet-server) for 20 users. for sure these are two different

Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:01:10AM +0200, Johan Segernäs wrote: > > And no, i wouldn't use woody on a firewall, it's to many packet-updates all > > the time, takes > > to much time to keep track of everything imho. > > woody also does not get security updates, in fact it

Re: Kernel 2.4 SOS

2001-06-13 Thread Joris Mocka
Hi Craig, > Now what i need to know, is woody stable enough for a proxy/firewall machine ...no prob at all, woody is nearly stable and i use it since half a year without any probs as a firewall/squid-proxy and as a productive system (intranet-server) for 20 users. for sure these are two differen

Re: Firewalling

2001-03-13 Thread Joris Mocka
AME defaults then it adds the script to all /etc/rc*.d/ in the right way with S* for starting and K* for shutting down. for further information have a look at the manpage. just a hint for the future :-) regards joris -- Joris Mocka, Leiter Abt. IuK SBF Gruppe Tel: +49 211 20 99 51

Re: Firewalling

2001-03-12 Thread Joris Mocka
AME defaults then it adds the script to all /etc/rc*.d/ in the right way with S* for starting and K* for shutting down. for further information have a look at the manpage. just a hint for the future :-) regards joris -- Joris Mocka, Leiter Abt. IuK SBF Gruppe Tel: +49 211 20 99 51