Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-16 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 16/01/12 17:29, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hi, I did a netinstall of Debian and installed the 4 modules (Squid, iptables, Snort and VPN). All seem tobe in less than 1 GB. Anything else i should look out for? That's about right if you're also running Apache and a web cgi interface for remote

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sb, 14 ian 12, 20:29:40, Brad Alexander wrote: 1. Do a base install of Debian. During the install, at the Software Selection screen where it asks what to install, *uncheck everything* -- except for ssh server, if you want that. This will give you the absolute minimal install possible. As

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-15 Thread Bijoy Lobo
Hi, I did a netinstall of Debian and installed the 4 modules (Squid, iptables, Snort and VPN). All seem tobe in less than 1 GB. Anything else i should look out for? Thanks On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Andrei Popescu andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Sb, 14 ian 12, 20:29:40, Brad

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-14 Thread Osamu Aoki
HI, On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:56:09PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-14 Thread tony baldwin
On Sat, January 14, 2012 3:33 am, Osamu Aoki wrote: HI, On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 04:56:09PM +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-14 Thread Brad Alexander
In a previous life, I was the Linux Platform Engineer for a company. One of my first jobs was to strip down CentOS 4 to create appliances. One thing I learned is that (as others have said in this thread) it is much easier to not put it on than to try to remove interlocking dependencies. Luckily,

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-14 Thread Brad Alexander
For the record, this works out pretty well if you have a number of box types that you use and can adapt. For instance, you could build a firewall box and capture the package list, one for a web server, wiki box, etc...And have a pool of package lists that you can call on or adapt for your building

Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Bijoy Lobo
Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any software within the OS which i can uninstall for better performance would

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Brian
On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 16:56:09 +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any software within the OS which

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 16:56:09, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any software within the

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Don Juan
On 01/13/2012 05:34 AM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Vi, 13 ian 12, 16:56:09, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread David Goodenough
On Friday 13 Jan 2012, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is any software within the OS

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Vi, 13 ian 12, 14:17:54, David Goodenough wrote: On Friday 13 Jan 2012, Bijoy Lobo wrote: Hello Everyone, I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to

Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze

2012-01-13 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 13/01/12 23:33, Brian wrote: On Fri 13 Jan 2012 at 16:56:09 +0530, Bijoy Lobo wrote: I am currently Debian Squeeze for a UTM ( Squid3+Snort+OpenVPN+iptables). I would like to strip down the OS for better performance of the UTM. It would be acting as a gateway to my network so if there is