Just followed the thread and would have two related question. Please in case your time allows, answer them, maybe other readers would be also interested.
In fact I have a good friend, who prefers his _boxed SUSE 8.0_, and asked me to reinstall it asap onto his P3 system. (Even, that I suggested him SUSE 8.2 or 9.1 I have.) Both questions concern this particular computer, but could be understood generally as well;)
1. What is the correct way to setup such an old, not supported system?
The way you usually do.
I downloaded all of the updates and burned a CD with them, but don't know, which one is better: select all of the packages he needs from the original install media, and after the system runs, do a YOU from the CD I have, or already during the install I should install some minimal number of packages from the install media, and try to get the updated ones immediately from the update-CD?! So this concerns the preferred choice in case one can decide to use 'real' .rpms or 'just' the patches.
8.0 is old and YOU might not work with CD media. I do not remember.
2. Which are the critical components we should rebuild/update to keep his system protected? The 8.0 is already longer not supported by SUSE, so I was worried a little to hear, that he plans to buy a broadband connection soon... So this one would be an inquiry for a smaller list of critical components should be updated from (another) source, like browsers, ssh, etc.
Put him behind a firewall. Use RPMs from 8.2, 9.0 or similar and recompile. Suggest using newer products :) Ciao, Marcus