On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:35:14 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, m.w.chang wrote: > > again, not when I am new to linux. do you know how intimidating > > for a newbie when they see doors and doors of obstacles to setup a > > simple home server behind a hardware firewall+router? Most newbies > > are not ready for the hussles at the *Very* beginning. > > Then they should stick with M$ products. Linux doesn't have > training wheels. >
I disagree. Linux comes with a lot of training wheels - otherwise everyone would still be running Slackware (not that that's a bad idea in itself, but it would scare off a lot of Newbies). One interesting alternative is the distros like Redhat and Mandrake that come with some (RH has three levels) level of security automatically installed. I haven't found the time to really check it out, but my medium security choice comes up with ipchains rules enabled. Granted, these rules may be inadequate, but at least that's a start. I have to agree that most Newbies have some learning to do just navigating the system and that security can come a little (but not much) later. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area Redhat 7.3 system _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
