Re: [sheflug] Apache, shtml and php config. problem

[Ruth Gunstone <ruth [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <44E0DB90.6080005 [at] zen.co.uk>
          Lesley Binks <lesley.binks [at] zen.co.uk> wrote:

> Ruth Gunstone wrote:

[snip]

>>  so according to
>> "Shields Up!", It's practically invisible!
>> 
> I suggest you try scanning from inside your network to see what ports
> are open on it.  It would be interesting to know if there are any apart
> from those you expect.

Fair dos. Can I do that from another PC (e.g. my Laptop which is also 
running Ubuntu)? or do I need some specialist software?

[snip]

> So ... if you have a port left open that's controlled by root, and no
> idea what process is using that port and the people who give you that
> distro won't tell you what they need it for then ...., well ... the
> choice is yours what you do about that port and that install.

Point taken.

> I have heard Ubuntu is pretty good over a range of hardware and some
> people say it is the distro most likely to install on new hardware but
> that may be because Ubuntu takes Debian and makes it *really* unstable ;)

Ouch! ;-)

>> My 'other' machine, the one I'm typing from now, doesn't run Windows
>> /or/ Linux /or/ MacOS, so is to all intents 'invulnerable' to all
>> those nasties out there :-)
>> 
> ... or not .. as the case may be :)
> Your list still leaves Solaris *BSD VAX/VMS AIX to name but 4.

.. and RISC OS :-)

running on a 10-year old 200MHz machine - still outperforming WinXP, 
Gnome and MacOS in terms of desktop useability (i.e. 
point-and-clickyness)!! Sadly, not outperforming very much in terms of 
processing 'grunt' :-(   If only we could marry the RISC OS desktop to 
the Linux OS  :-)


-- 
Ruth Gunstone

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