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

[James Bruce <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

> 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.
>

I fancy building me a new spacecraft then! im sure it'll be useful for
something.,, When you say net do you mean directly to the net or into
my home network? If i plugged it inot my network and it could only
access the net through a firewall, that would be safe would'nt it?
 

> 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. 
> 

That would be great. I mean, a PIII is a good machine, and although I
need something that will share a cable modem with the rest of the
house (much as Id like to hog it all to myself), i dont really want to
waste the machine as just a server, if it could  possibly act as both.

> Thanks
> 
> Richard
> 
> Cheshire Cheese pub
> Hope Derbyshire
> 
> 
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