Re: [seul-edu] Need advice

[Michael Hall <admin@mulga.com.au>]

I think it goes without saying that many common distributions need/could
benefit from some customisation or tweaking. I use Redhat 6.2 on all my
boxes (mainly out of habit ... the devil you know) but I do a lot of
hardening and hole-plugging and would never use them straight out of the
box.

Michael Hall

On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Michael Viron wrote:

> Actually, it depends.  Redhat 6.2 / Slackware 7.1 leave a lot to be desired
> from a security perspective, so unless they are behind a firewall (or being
> used as a workstation, instead of a server), they are probably not the best
> bet.
> 
> Mandrake 7.x seems to be much more secure, especially 7.1 and 7.2
> 
> Michael
> >Methinks RH 6.2 or Slackware 7.1 may be the warm setup.
> >
> >-- 
> >jeff williams - cfiaime@nconnect.net
> >		jeff.williams@cuw.edu
> >		jbw9586@ksu.edu
> >
>