Re: which distribution to choose

From: Brian D. Ropers-Huilman (bropers_at_lsu.edu)
Date: 12/03/04

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    Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:45:30 -0600
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    Gentoo [ http://www.gentoo.org/ ].

    You can put an absolute minimum build on the machine with no problems.
    Apache is a simple addition. Gentoo also supports the NSA's SE Linux
    extensions through their Hardened Gentoo project [
    http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/index.xml ]. Additionally, Gentoo
    has their Gentoo Linux Security (GLSA) project [
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/index.xml ] which makes security
    updates available as soon as possible.

    Take a look at their packages page [ http://packages.gentoo.org/ ] to
    see a list of software ready to be installed. I migrated away from Red
    Hat to Gentoo almost three years ago now and will never turn back.

    Jochen Witte said the following on 2004-12-02 10:31:
    | Hello,
    |
    | I would like to set up a firewall to protect a small company network. What
    | I would like to have is some kind of VPN solution (OpenVPN and ipsec),
    | iptables firewalling and a secure distribution with some additional
    | sec-related sofware (tripwire etc.). Also I need to run an Apache for
    | proxy-requests.
    |
    | My question is, which distribution to choose for such a
    | setup. I would prefer a standard distribution for easy updates and
    | community support. A specific "security-enhanced" distribution would do it
    | also, if it is not too "pure" :)
    |
    | Any suggestions?
    |
    | Regards
    | Jochen
    |

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