check ou the why linux will never be as secure as openbsd and why openbsd will never be as secure as linux articles on my site. Security is not just smaller=better or whatever. http://www.seifried.org/security/ As for what packages are needed on suse, well that depends on you of course. Do you need dns resolver capabilties? Perl? ssh? Fark if I know. -Kurt
Speaking about slim systems:
What packages are really needed, to get a SuSE-Linux installation running? For a router/firewall for my home network I've installed the minimum system and have deleted all yast2 and some other packages, but I guess there are still some packages installed, that I do not need on a firewall. I wounder, why SuSE doen't have such a package set as a starting point for dmz-systems or firewalls or systems, that have only the software to be used installed... Or at least publish a list for those packages on sdb.
By the way, the SuSE-Internet-Update has turned out very nice, now there is no excuse even for unexperienced users to not have the latest updates installed, and that makes all of us a little more secure, nice job!
Best regards,
Ralf Ronneburger