maricha rearranged electrons thusly:
> Has anyone configured a firewall on LINUX and using it..to surf the web or
> as a server..??? what is their experience regarding the security of the
> linux box..
Yes - it helps a _lot_ as a firewall. You wouldn't use firewalls as servers,
mind you ... a firewall has a _very_ skeleton set of services running on it.
> I have heard that BSD Unix is far more reliable from a security point of
> view than Linux.. any opinions..
So people say - and yeah, it's quite true. But then, BSD can be a bitch to use
if you are looking for something user friendly (by default, only members of
group wheel can su root ...) :)
-s (thread convergence with the lig thread? <g>)
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