Kris Kennaway wrote:
If you've been running this server for 1 and a half years I hope you
have kept up with all the security patches for the services running on
your machine (as well as the OS itself), otherwise it definitely will
not be secure.
I did the best I could do :)
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Pierrick Brossin
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:30:06AM +0100, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
> Got a lot of stuff running on this server and if I'm switching to
> FreeBSD I have to be sure I won't get hacked, though it's always
> possible. Let's say I'd like the same security as SME provides me
> for the moment. As known,
Pierrick Brossin wrote:
I have the time to make a basic install and then install each package I do want.
Last time I tried, I had my ADSL connection running fine, Firewall configured
(almost everything closed), DHCPd, HTTPd, FTPd, SSH and DNS (was trying BIND and
djbdns).
Then I saw I didn't hav
> > running 24 jours a day, 365 days per year!
French into my sentence :D made a mistake heheh!
Meant 24 hours a day..
> I don't mean any disrespect Pierrick, but it sounds like you're following
> what other people are telling you without really understanding it.
I totally agree with you.
I have
> > E..
> > The only real benefits you get from a firewall are:
> > 1) controlling which IP addresses can access a service
> > 2) *maybe* bandwidth shaping. *maybe*.
> > 3) packet re-writing.
>
> That's all ?
That's all really!
> I thought the firewall was THE thing to have when you have a se
> It makes me dislike SME and I haven't really looked at it.
Taken from www.e-smith.org:
--
SME Server V5 consists of a modified Red Hat Linux installation, together with a
number of server applications as well as the server management software. The
management software presents users with a simp
> Pierrick,
> It sounds like what you want to do is get a basic install of a machine as
> fast as possible, and have it secure.
Let's say I want to change for many reason.
The first one is flexibility!
I have the time to make a basic install and then install each package I do want.
Last time I t
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
> The first thing I said is "I have a server at home which is SME and it is a
> distribution that stand on one CD and it can install a full server
> (IMAP,POP,SMTP,DNS,HTTP,FTP,SSH,) in 10-12 minutes .. Then you have a web
> interface to configure y
> E..
> The only real benefits you get from a firewall are:
> 1) controlling which IP addresses can access a service
> 2) *maybe* bandwidth shaping. *maybe*.
> 3) packet re-writing.
That's all ?
I thought the firewall was THE thing to have when you have a server which is
running 24 jours a da
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
> > I would advice doing a test installation of FreeBSD (see
> > www.freebsd.org/handbook) and having a go at installing the packages you
> > need.
> > What do you think?
>
> I already tried to make my own server but there were to many problem
> for not
> I think you're missing the point. If you don't know what you're
> doing, don't do it. If you want to run a server, you can't take a
> default configuration.
I'm not missing anything.
I think we didn't understand eachother.
> If there's something in the Red Hat setup that you particularly lik
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
> > Then don't enable one. A badly configured firewall is arguably worse
> > than no firewall at all.
> wow no firewall is such a nice idea.
> just kidding.. your server is then open to anyone.
E..
The only real benefits you get from a firewall ar
On Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at 9:07:25 +0100, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
>
>> Then don't enable one. A badly configured firewall is arguably worse
>> than no firewall at all.
>
> wow no firewall is such a nice idea.
>
> just kidding.. your server is then open to anyone.
>
> don't you have a firewal
On 2002-11-19 09:07, Pierrick Brossin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Then don't enable one. A badly configured firewall is arguably worse
> > than no firewall at all.
>
> wow no firewall is such a nice idea.
It's not a bad idea, on a machine that doesn't run services th
> Then don't enable one. A badly configured firewall is arguably worse
> than no firewall at all.
wow no firewall is such a nice idea.
just kidding.. your server is then open to anyone.
don't you have a firewall `?!
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On 2002-11-18 23:55, Pierrick Brossin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >>The main problem is the firewall rules!
> >That has nothing to do with server configurations.
>
> Ahah it's still something annoying when you have a bad configured
> firewall !!
Then don't enable one
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
The main problem is the firewall rules!
That has nothing to do with server configurations.
Ahah it's still something annoying when you have a bad configured
firewall !!
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On Monday, 18 November 2002 at 9:44:55 +0100, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
>
>>> I'm aware there is an instant-server port but I'm not really
>>> convinced!
>>
>> Why not?
>
> 'cos I need more !
>
> Like a qmail mail server and stuff.
OK, there's the basic problem: on the one hand, you want something
> Again I say: Dive in! The user community is quite helpful and the stability
> can't be beat!
Thanx for your help!
I think I'm gonna give it another shot !
Cya
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> > I'm aware there is an instant-server port but I'm not really
> > convinced!
>
> Why not?
'cos I need more !
Like a qmail mail server and stuff.
So if I have to configure a mail server, I think I can do the other things as well!
The main problem is the firewall rules!
Cya
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On Sunday, November 17, 2002, at 07:08 AM, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
Hi!
I 'm currently using SME (www.e-smith.org) as server at home.
After reading some docs on the net and having heavy troubles with
Linux, I decided
to turn this server to a FreeBSD server.
I've done a deep search on google and
On Sunday, 17 November 2002 at 16:08:14 +0100, Pierrick Brossin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I 'm currently using SME (www.e-smith.org) as server at home. After
> reading some docs on the net and having heavy troubles with Linux, I
> decided to turn this server to a FreeBSD server.
>
> I've done a deep search
Andrew Boothman wrote:
However, I'm not sure what the advantages of such a distribution would
be? Are you surely not better to do a standard installation of FreeBSD
and then add the services you need (Apache, MySQL, Samba, Netatalk,...)
from the ports collection as you need them? That way you
Pierrick Brossin wrote:
Hi!
basically it can install a complete server in 10-15 minutes.
Well, it doesn't take much longer than that to do. Anything as
important as an OS install shouldn't be undertaken lightly,
especially as the decisions you make will be ones you'll live with
every day.
Pierrick Brossin wrote:
I've done a deep search on google and can't find any distribution like
SME but
FreeBSD based.
Actually, for those who do not know SME, it's a distribution based on
RedHat and
basically it can install a complete server in 10-15 minutes.
FreeBSD is basically a one distribu
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