Slackware got basic secuirty system, too. I want to turn off the
master-arm switch. :)
> 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).
that's just the firewall. I can live with a properly set-up firewall.
> 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 don't disagree if not reject the whole security thing.
> 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.
>
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