Re: Freesco, old kernel lines, security

On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 09:08, James Miller (office) wrote: > I understand that in the world of Linux network security, generally older > = worser (more insecure). So, I see that Freesco, a small Linux > gateway/router distro that seems to be actively maintained, is using a > kernel from the 2.0.x l

Question on performance in user space

Hi,   One of my requirements is that the applications, daemons, processes running in "user" space should be able to respond in a deterministic time, e.g. if I want to process some PDU's of some protocol, then that particular process should get scheduled in a particular time, so that after proces

Re: Freesco, old kernel lines, security

--- "James Miller (office)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I understand that in the world of Linux network > security, generally older > = worser (more insecure). So, I see that Freesco, a > small Linux > gateway/router distro that seems to be actively > maintained, is using a > kernel from the 2.

Re: Can't run links as non root user

On May 25 22:15 2003 Elias Athanasopoulos wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 06:14:11PM +1000, Robert wrote: > > When I try to run links in graphical mode I get the > message: > > > > svgalib: cannot get I/O permissions > > If you mean links, the console based Web browser, what > version do you use?

Re: scrambled screen

I have had the same problem!!! You should see the mess you get in X-windows if you try to use version 4.X! I was told that there is a program called vgareset that one can run to get the command line console squared away. I was never able to find that probram, so I finally bought a different v

Re: Freesco, old kernel lines, security

At 09:08 AM 6/2/2003 -0500, James Miller (office) wrote: I understand that in the world of Linux network security, generally older = worser (more insecure). So, I see that Freesco, a small Linux gateway/router distro that seems to be actively maintained, is using a kernel from the 2.0.x line - 2.0

Freesco, old kernel lines, security

I understand that in the world of Linux network security, generally older = worser (more insecure). So, I see that Freesco, a small Linux gateway/router distro that seems to be actively maintained, is using a kernel from the 2.0.x line - 2.0.38 (I understand that the most recent 2.0.x kernel is 2.