Routed uses only the RIP (or RIP2) protocol to make routing decisions,
whereas gated can use a variety of routing protocols. I admin firewall
gateways for an ISP, and the only real reason I use gated is to speak
OSPF to our exterior routers that won't speak RIP.
Personally, if you don't need
Is postfix not necessary if your are going to be getting your security
checks mailed to you ? I was initially under the impression that postfix
did not have to run as a daemon for this (like sendmail) but my machines
with postfix only send me mail when postfix is running (as opposed to
the boxes
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, you wrote:
Is postfix not necessary if your are going to be getting your security
checks mailed to you ?
I hadn't thought of that. Very true. In that case the my recommendation
would be to spend a bunch of time with the postfix documentation and
configure the server as
As an aside, if anyone is planning or is running webmin, there has been a
security update from them that was released today on freshmeat. I urge
you all to get it and update your systems.
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Last week I posted a message about the various steps I had taken to
get a linux box ready to send off to my ISP for colocation (camp). I
am comfortable with all the administrative, backup, and security
steps I outlined in that message. However, I
I rewrite kudzu to end after running. Since you aren't likely to put
hardware into a running machine this seems a safe assumption. It may end
by itself but it doesn't show anything like that so I just make
sure. Unless you are using NFS/NIS get rid of portmap, ypbind, nfslock,
and nfs. Unless
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, you wrote:
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My suggestions and the reasoning behind it:
Kill kudzu: you most likely won't be adding hardware. If you really want
to use it, start it manually before installing hardware and kill
it once you are done. There is
Thanks much for the replies. Very informative and helpful.
I guess the only decision I need to make now is whether to nuke
gated or routed. Does it make a difference? Thanks again.
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, you wrote:
Thanks much for the replies. Very informative and helpful.
I guess the only decision I need to make now is whether to nuke
gated or routed. Does it make a difference? Thanks again.
routeD only implements the RIP protocol. gateD has support for many many
