[Sheflug] Re: Silicon Graphics (Iris?) / Smoothwall

[Richard Ibbotson <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

James

>Thought I'd tell you all about [read: show off]  the exciting >possibility that I may actually be getting a Silicon Graphics >'indy' workstation  

Great for designing space shuttle tiles and for molecular modelling :)   However, they are rife with security holes.  So, don't plug it directly into the net.

>Second point, i said earlier this month about getting an old pc   >i would ideally like it to have the functionality of smoothwall >but

Don't make the mistake of using it for anything but a firewall.  There's a fella over at WYlug who's had his Smoothwall installation cracked.  So, stay away from it until the update comes along.

You'd be much better off with IPtables or IPchains.  If you want an SuSE installation I can tell you how to do it.  Or Debian as well. 

Thanks

Richard

Cheshire Cheese pub
Hope Derbyshire



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