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> > I maintain several RaQs, and
> > they just work without any trouble.
>
> Sun Cobalt has a history of releasing packages that either don't work,
> or break security, or break functionality. It's a sad but true fact
> that's well documented in past posts to this and other Cobalt lists.
i recognised problems with RaQ3, but we don't use them any more. Could you
tell me wich updates caused problems?
> > Sure, other systems may be more secure, but those people who don't use
> > for example external firewalls should think about their philosophy of
> > security first before discussion security features of OSes. Our machines
> > all work behind sophisticated firewalls and we don't grant shell access
> > to any customer, so we simply don't have those security problems.
>
> Most of us have our systems in colocation and don't have the luxury of a
> firewall to be behind. Please let us know a bit about your
> "sophisticated firewall", as I'd love to build one for our colocation
> customers to be able to use.
> > And if anybody prefers Solaris why don't you fetch free Solaris 8 from
> > web and install it on a cheap Intel-platform?
>
> Sun is no longer supporting Solaris 8 for Intel.
well, thats bad, i didn't know that.
> > We made the experience that these arte low-price systems that work well
> > enough for standard web-services. And if you install another MTA but
> > sendmail even mailing works fast and stable.
>
> Glad to see there's something about the RaQ you don't like <smile>.
> Which MTA do you install successfully on RaQs? Do you do it alongside
> sendmail, or do you remove sendmail?
i deactivated sendmail but left it on the system. Instead i use qmail.
Yours
Jan*
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