Yo! On Saturday 20 March 2004 14.45, Cedric Ware wrote: > > [debian-security CC:ed since people there certainly have experience in > > the 'Server/network set up' section below. Please don't crosspost when > > you reply. > > Well, what about people subscribed to only one list but interested in both > aspects of your message? :-)
They can always read the list archive :-) [replying to both - I dunno which list you are on.] > The main point I'd think of and that you may have missed would be software > installation and maintenance. Don't assume it's something you only do once I wasn't mentioning it because I saw a thread or two discussing this a few months back, so I have quite a few pointers from there. > http://www.infrastructures.org/ bookmarked - didn't know it. > This doesn't solve the problem of installing new software / updating the > configuration on multiple machines. A shared /usr/local can help for > non-packaged software and for part of the configuration (symlinks from /etc > for selected files). For the rest, one could use a special .deb whose > installation scripts and dependency list makes the necessary changes, but > alas I've not tried it yet. I've been doing the custom config .deb thing on a few machines, but not for long. I feel this can solve a lot of problems. > Of course, you had better make sure not to be the only one who understands > the system, unless you intend to work there forever with no vacations. :-) [NFS] > Perhaps it can be secured if all traffic on > your network is IPsec-based? I'm thinking about that - it would also solve most wifi-router and plugged-in laptop problems. > > - what is the color of my briefs? > White and blue, separated along a diagonal? I'm from Basel, though, and just in Zürich because I have to (well, might be that my girlfriend has something to do with it, too). Thanks & greets -- vbi -- featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro
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