There probably isn't.  Use CentOS.

Josh

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:34 PM, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]> wrote:

> I dont want bleeding edge, I like stable, and as long as its "secure" I
> dont like to change.
> I never had really thought about purchased Linux before, looking at RHEL I
> have no clue and I dont know that there is much benefit to it with a
> handful of small single purpose virtual servers
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Josh Baird via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I don't use webmin, so I can't specifically answer your questions.. but,
>> yes, Webmin is simply a "front-end" for various services that you have
>> running on your server.  Out of the box, your server is configured to use
>> specific yum (software) repositories that are specific to CentOS 5/6/7.
>> Unless you manually update one of these repository definitions or are using
>> your own local RPM packages, you will be pointing at these native
>> repositories.  CentOS/RHEL repositories maintain the same major version of
>> package (9.8.2 in EL6, 9.9.4 in EL7) throughout a major version's lifecycle
>> (ie 6.x, 7.x).  RHEL/CentOS backports security patches into older (stable)
>> versions; so even if you are running RHEL6 with BIND 9.8.2, you are not
>> vulnerable to security flaws or exploits (as long as you keep your server's
>> packages up to date).
>>
>> CentOS/RHEL is not bleeding edge.  They offer stable versions of software
>> and keep them up to date and safe by backporting security patches.  If you
>> want bleeding edge packages you have a few options - find third party yum
>> repositories with newer packages, compile your own BIND or use
>> "non-enterprise" Linux distributions such as Fedora.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 9:09 PM, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> so, webmin, it is just in its most basic form a gui and package
>>> management system for linux and linux server components?? Is this correct?
>>>
>>> When I go to the package manager through webmin is if only looking in
>>> repositories for packages compiled to run in webmin, or is it looking for
>>> packages compiled for the underlying linux distibution??
>>>
>>> So if I want to update to the newest fanciest BIND version, how would I
>>> go about it, yum update bind and the like dont take it any further? If I
>>> did this outside of webmin, will I lose the webmin functionality or cause
>>> it not to function? Virtualmin as best i can tell is a module for webmin,
>>> will this give me better access to newer versions of BIND? I like windows
>>> because stuff either doesnt work or its got bugs, we get two choices.
>>>
>>> It looks like 9.8.8 is EOL last month, so i see what you guys are
>>> saying about being behind
>>> 9.9.6 and 9.10.1 are both listed as current and stable, but 9.9.6 says
>>> Extended Support Version, what does that mean?
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:51 PM, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> i assume i cant update BIND beyong releases specific to CentOS?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   My BIND servers are on 9.10.0-P2.
>>>>>
>>>>>  *From:* That One Guy via Af <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 6:10 PM
>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus
>>>>>
>>>>>  I already have installed bind through webmin, it is a newer version,
>>>>> just by a couple revisions but the ubuntu one wont update any more
>>>>> its BIND version 9.8.2
>>>>> I can manually add the slave zone and test the transfer it updates
>>>>> from the master, I just assumed I should be able to add it as another 
>>>>> slave
>>>>> and have it populate all the way
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   You need a named.conf that defines the slave zones and the IP
>>>>>> address of the master.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But first step is to download/compile/install the latest version of
>>>>>> BIND, it’s actually quite easy.  I doubt you can get the version you want
>>>>>> via yum update because CentOS is based on RHEL which is always a few 
>>>>>> steps
>>>>>> behind.  Given the DNS attacks, you want the latest BIND.  You might then
>>>>>> want to lock out the package from being updated by yum.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  *From:* That One Guy via Af <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 4:36 PM
>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  So Im at a new Centos with webmin fresh bind install.
>>>>>> We have one master, one slave server
>>>>>> I have never set up bind, this was done before me.
>>>>>> If I were to take down the old slave server and bring this one up on
>>>>>> its IP will the master update this one, or is there a config I need to 
>>>>>> move
>>>>>> over. Im more comfotable doing the slave first.
>>>>>> These are all webmin, but the original is ubuntu and the new is centos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Paul Stewart via Af <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I always install CentOS bare bones …. “minimal server” is what the
>>>>>>> installation will call it.  This way you can install whatever you like
>>>>>>> after installation and not worry about removing many dozen packages you
>>>>>>> don’t need…
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just my preference anyways….
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *That One
>>>>>>> Guy via Af
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 2:24 PM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2 questions in this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. when running through the current centos installation, what do i
>>>>>>> select for the server type, for powercode it says select basic server
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. is there a guide for building dedicated centos servers based on
>>>>>>> server purpose? I assume there are packages I dont need to install if 
>>>>>>> its
>>>>>>> only got this purpose
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Paul Stewart via Af <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  CentOS+BIND+Webmin J  I can’t remember but Usermin might be the
>>>>>>> part you’re looking for specific to users updating their own DNS…..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *That One
>>>>>>> Guy via Af
>>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 1:21 PM
>>>>>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>>>>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] DNS server for guys who dont want to be gurus
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a good, simple package for locally hosted DNS Servers for
>>>>>>> people like me who dont want to get too far into managing the linux at a
>>>>>>> granular level? we are used to the webmin interface. It would be nice 
>>>>>>> if it
>>>>>>> had the option to set up client accounts for some clients to manage 
>>>>>>> their
>>>>>>> own DNS but not view others, but thats in no way a deal breaker
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
>>>>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if 
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do 
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
>>>>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if 
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do 
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
>>>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do 
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
>>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
>>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do 
>>>>> not
>>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the
>>> parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the
> parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you
> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not
> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
>

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