I downloaded this about a week ago, but I don't know if you can use it for an upgrade from 9.2. Also, I think it is missing certain software, but I am not sure what. Anyone have any experience with this? TIA Harry G
Harry Giles <hg57@comcast.net> writes:
I downloaded this about a week ago, but I don't know if you can use it for an upgrade from 9.2. Also, I think it is missing certain software, but I am not sure what.
Anyone have any experience with this?
mini-distro? You mean the 70 MB mini-ISO? That's only usefull for a network installation... We've renamed it and added a README to make it clearer, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
The Sunday 2005-05-15 at 18:47 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
mini-distro? You mean the 70 MB mini-ISO? That's only usefull for a network installation... We've renamed it and added a README to make it clearer,
What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Monday 16 May 2005 00:40, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Sunday 2005-05-15 at 18:47 +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
mini-distro? You mean the 70 MB mini-ISO? That's only usefull for a network installation... We've renamed it and added a README to make it clearer,
What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-)
http://www.novell.com/products/securitymanager/index.html?sourceidint=produc...
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 12:40:02AM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-)
Not sure if such SUSE product exists. Although Devil Linux (http://www.devil-linux.org/home/index.php) works just perfect as firewall/router. And its rc.config looks quite similar to earlier versions of SuSE so learning curve is minimal. -Kastus
Kastus wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 12:40:02AM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-)
Not sure if such SUSE product exists. Although Devil Linux (http://www.devil-linux.org/home/index.php) works just perfect as firewall/router. And its rc.config looks quite similar to earlier versions of SuSE so learning curve is minimal.
-Kastus
http://BBIagent.net, I've used this as a floppy firewall for years, I've just subscribed for $26.00 and burned the CD version, it also allows me to save the config so I don't have to key it in after a reboot as was necessary with the free version. I've also used astaro on a 3.2G HD, http://www.astaro.com which is a bit more difficult to setup without having a good knowledge of NAT, couldn't figure out what source and destination referred to, I got it working with some help from the astaro forum, but I think astaro has designed it so you need their course in order to get a full understanding, however, it does intrusion detection, SPAM filtering, virus blocking, VPN, content filtering, etc., it's easy to download updates and update via browser access. Everything is heavily chrooted, try to write something to hard drive or floppy and it says it hasn't got a floppy or a hard drive. With BBIagent, you access it via a browser on your network and simply fill in some boxes with IP addresses and pull down menues for NAT rules, you can run with the floppy write protected, but it's just a firewall with full control of what is let through, it'll block almost all ports by default and you can do site blocking. Both the above are designed for the purpose, you won't have access to the usual apps like you would on even a minimal SuSE distro. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
On Monday 16 May 2005 15:00, Sid Boyce wrote:
Kastus wrote:
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 12:40:02AM +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
What about doing a mini-distro for a firewall/router only? O:-)
Not sure if such SUSE product exists. Although Devil Linux (http://www.devil-linux.org/home/index.php) works just perfect as firewall/router. And its rc.config looks quite similar to earlier versions of SuSE so learning curve is minimal.
-Kastus
http://BBIagent.net, I've used this as a floppy firewall for years, I've just subscribed for $26.00 and burned the CD version, it also allows me to save the config so I don't have to key it in after a reboot as was necessary with the free version. I've also used astaro on a 3.2G HD, http://www.astaro.com which is a bit more difficult to setup without having a good knowledge of NAT, couldn't figure out what source and destination referred to, I got it working with some help from the astaro forum, but I think astaro has designed it so you need their course in order to get a full understanding, however, it does intrusion detection, SPAM filtering, virus blocking, VPN, content filtering, etc., it's easy to download updates and update via browser access. Everything is heavily chrooted, try to write something to hard drive or floppy and it says it hasn't got a floppy or a hard drive. With BBIagent, you access it via a browser on your network and simply fill in some boxes with IP addresses and pull down menues for NAT rules, you can run with the floppy write protected, but it's just a firewall with full control of what is let through, it'll block almost all ports by default and you can do site blocking. Both the above are designed for the purpose, you won't have access to the usual apps like you would on even a minimal SuSE distro. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
Don't forget to look into floppyfw distro (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/) I've used it on 3 machines. The configuration of the firewall via fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) makes this mini-mini-distro (as the name says, it boots from a floppy) extremely powerfull. Jerry
Jerry Westrick wrote:
Don't forget to look into floppyfw distro (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/) I've used it on 3 machines. The configuration of the firewall via fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) makes this mini-mini-distro (as the name says, it boots from a floppy) extremely powerfull.
Jerry
That's interesting, floppyfw up to 2.02 was the very first one I used, until I ran into problems getting SIP and VOIP ports through it, emailed the developer for help, but got no reply. Then you had to hand code the NAT stuff, mine looked fine, but didn't work. A friend had the same problems, so we both switched to BBIagent and never looked back. When I went VPN into work, I enabled a few ports, it worked flawlessly and banished dial-up for me. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 14:43, Sid Boyce wrote:
Jerry Westrick wrote:
Don't forget to look into floppyfw distro (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/) I've used it on 3 machines. The configuration of the firewall via fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) makes this mini-mini-distro (as the name says, it boots from a floppy) extremely powerfull.
Jerry
That's interesting, floppyfw up to 2.02 was the very first one I used, until I ran into problems getting SIP and VOIP ports through it, emailed the developer for help, but got no reply. Then you had to hand code the NAT stuff, mine looked fine, but didn't work. A friend had the same problems, so we both switched to BBIagent and never looked back. When I went VPN into work, I enabled a few ports, it worked flawlessly and banished dial-up for me. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) is an application that generates your ipf/iptable firewall scripts from a logical description of what you want. IMHO it's the best money can buy, even if it is free 8-).... It supports FloppyFW, in that it writes the scripts to the floppy, or scp's the scripts over.... Together thier great! Well worth any time you put in them... Jerry
Jerry Westrick wrote:
On Tuesday 17 May 2005 14:43, Sid Boyce wrote:
Jerry Westrick wrote:
Don't forget to look into floppyfw distro (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/) I've used it on 3 machines. The configuration of the firewall via fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) makes this mini-mini-distro (as the name says, it boots from a floppy) extremely powerfull.
Jerry
That's interesting, floppyfw up to 2.02 was the very first one I used, until I ran into problems getting SIP and VOIP ports through it, emailed the developer for help, but got no reply. Then you had to hand code the NAT stuff, mine looked fine, but didn't work. A friend had the same problems, so we both switched to BBIagent and never looked back. When I went VPN into work, I enabled a few ports, it worked flawlessly and banished dial-up for me. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
fwbuilder (www.fwbuilder.com) is an application that generates your ipf/iptable firewall scripts from a logical description of what you want. IMHO it's the best money can buy, even if it is free 8-)....
It supports FloppyFW, in that it writes the scripts to the floppy, or scp's the scripts over....
Together thier great! Well worth any time you put in them...
Jerry
Sounds good, but I'll stick with BBIagent, you can make changes and additions while it's running with no need for a reboot. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux for all Computing Tasks
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