> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 09:29:56 -0800 > From: Jeff Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(Snipped again. Separate message for different topic. Probably should fork the thread soon...) > I admit I've never tried Debian. Perhaps I will for a system I want to > put into production in another week or so. What's the BEST place to > download ISOs? If they don't support my NIC (so far only RedHat >= 7.1 > does of all I've tried) will it be a real pain? Or just a module ? I > presume I won't have to recompile the kernel, but only build and rename > a module? Swapping the NIC isn't the option; it's built-on to the > slotless motherboard <frown>. Why not recompile your kernel? Maybe I'm just pedantic, but I never run a generic kernel on a production machine -- not even on OpenBSD where they recommend it. Modules are convenient, but I prefer to turn them off. They're just one more thing that someone could trojan in the event that a system was compromised. Unlikely, perhaps, but I can certainly live without modules. It would be nice if Linux had (or maybe they do, and I'm behind on things) something a la "sysctl -w kern.securelevel=xxx" to disable module loading. I'm eager to see the results of the FreeBSD and Linux hardening projects that are underway. Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence -- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, or you are likely to be blocked. _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
