From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Antony Stone Subject: Re: Best distro for firewalls. Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:39:56 +0000 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <200211111840.gABIe1e28754@vulcan.rissington.net> References: <003901c289aa$0014bd40$6601a8c0@s3ac> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <003901c289aa$0014bd40$6601a8c0@s3ac> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Monday 11 November 2002 5:44 pm, Rowan Reid wrote: > I've been runnign on Sues for a few years now. Currently I run 8.0. But > I've been a little disappointed with there online updates, and a few > other things over all. I'm looking for a good console only base system > install using an up to date well patched kernel. Also a very good update > system for patches. With SuSE since everything is controlled by Yast > updating manually really isn't a viable option. Can some of you give me > some input on like Redhat Dabian and such. Just so you know I typically > do an ftp install, with a custom configured Kernel and firewall scripts. I'm puzzled about what you want from an update service ? If you custom configure your own kernel (good) and you create your own firewall scripts (good), what else do you have running on your firewall which you want to keep patched ? Antony. -- Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - William H Gates III