Re: [OT] secure, minimal Debian installation for linux-based thin clients?

2002-10-21 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
On Friday 18 October 2002 03:46 pm, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:41:37PM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote: > > Now, we're looking to upgrade the Linux on these thin clients. I like > > Debian, so that's one obvious choice. However, a standard Debian > > install (e.g. wh

Re: Automatic Debian security updates, an Implementation

2002-10-18 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
Why can't apt-get be modified to check the md5sum of a package against an official debian md5sum list before downloading and installing debs? This seems much simpler and easier than signing debs. On Friday 18 October 2002 09:55 am, Jan Niehusmann wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 08:20:14AM -0500

Re: Automatic Debian security updates, an Implementation

2002-10-18 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
Why can't apt-get be modified to check the md5sum of a package against an official debian md5sum list before downloading and installing debs? This seems much simpler and easier than signing debs. On Friday 18 October 2002 09:55 am, Jan Niehusmann wrote: > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 08:20:14AM -0500

Re: Automatic Debian security updates, an Implementation

2002-10-18 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
I don't understand the need for this. Can someone explain why 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' is not sufficient to keep a debian system secure and updated? On Friday 18 October 2002 06:58 am, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > Hi! > > http://therapy.endorphin.org/secpack_0.1-1.deb implements

Re: Automatic Debian security updates, an Implementation

2002-10-18 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
I don't understand the need for this. Can someone explain why 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade' is not sufficient to keep a debian system secure and updated? On Friday 18 October 2002 06:58 am, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > Hi! > > http://therapy.endorphin.org/secpack_0.1-1.deb implements

System Accounts

2002-10-14 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
Hello, I am experimenting with a Debian system to be used as a firewall/gateway. I am using Debian 3.0 with the 2.4.18 kernel. I did a basic install selecting the Unix server task. Just wondering why there are so many accounts with shell access installed by default? games, irc, news, gnats, l

System Accounts

2002-10-14 Thread R. Bradley Tilley
Hello, I am experimenting with a Debian system to be used as a firewall/gateway. I am using Debian 3.0 with the 2.4.18 kernel. I did a basic install selecting the Unix server task. Just wondering why there are so many accounts with shell access installed by default? games, irc, news, gnats,