The whole purpose of the Netra is to be an INTERNET SERVER i.e.
Firewall/proxy/wwww, NOT A DEVELOPMENT MACHINE.
However, this doesn't mean that you can't use it as one ... just like
what you did.
sj
Saqib A. Khan wrote:
>
> Last I worked with an older version of the Netra system, we found that a Sun
> Netra does *not* have a complete Solaris Operating System loaded on it.
> Supposedly it is a Solaris "lite" environment optimized for the httpd
> (whatever that means!), and it may be very difficult to load a
> Compile/development environment on to it due to lack of Object libraries. We
> ended up loading a Solaris from scratch and using it instead.
>
> Hope this helped.
>
> At 10:40 AM 9/19/96 -0300, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am in the process of evaluating the security capabilities of a Sun
> >Netra System. What experience have any of you had with this?
> >I need your opinion and considerations about using Sun Netra to build a
> >firewall server on my company.
> >
> >Please e-mail me directly to avoid flooding this newsgroup with a rehash
> >of what has already been covered several hundred times before.
> >
> >TNKS
> >
> >**Gildasio Rocha**
> >gildasio @
ult .
com .
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> >
> >
>
> PS: Pls CC all mail to me @ -
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