Re: Linux

[Todd Graham Lewis <lists @ reflections . mindspring . com>]

On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Gregory D. Otto wrote:

> I was going to sit down and play with Linux and the various security tools
> that are available.  I was wondering what versions of Linux are available
> and recommended for this.  Also, what would be some good places to look at.

There are two distributions which are worth using:

http://www.redhat.com
ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat

http://www.debian.org
ftp://ftp.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/debian

The TIS FWTK runs just fine on both.  Also, Linux comes with an
interesting kernel-level packet filter derrived from BSD with some nice
enhancements.  See ipfwadm(8) and ipfw(4) for more details.

As for neat stuff, there's plenty of it.  Feel free to contact me
privately for pointers.  While it does have its rough spots, in general,
you'll find Linux to be stable, fast, and full-featured.

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