Re: [PLUG] Re: plug digest, Vol 1 #591 - 12 msgs

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

Jeff Mealo:

> Going to run Slack 8.1, 9's updates didn't seem to address my needs.  I 
> probably should be using Linux from scratch or a router distro but Slack is 
> what I know... If anyone has any tips or sites in specific that are tried in 
> true regarding linux routers, or that you've found helpful I'd love some 
> feedback.


I would suggest running one of the BSD's rather than Slackware (for the 
record, Slackware is my favorite Linux distro). Most flavors of BSD seem 
to have better innate security.  I suggest that because all kinds of 
security flaws have turned up recently and upgrading 8.1 to get rid of 
them would just about amount to upgrading to 9.0.  There are router 
implementations, I used to run the LRP (Linux Router Project) on a 486 
dx-100 with 48 megs.  I did run into one memorable problem namely having 
to have my NICs all of the same type since it seemed to use only one 
type of NIC at a time.   You also sadly have to keep up with security 
postings about Linux or BSD since new flaws crop up all too often and 
your only defense is your BSD or Linux router at times.

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