Re: Advice - solution for a company server

From: Barton L. Phillips (barton_at_applitec.com)
Date: 09/27/05 

Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:32:49 GMT

Jafar As-Sadiq Calley wrote:
> He doesn't even
> need to be full time. I have a contract with a few small offices I've set
> up here in Paris whereby they pay a small monthly fee for me to remotely
> check and update their network once or twice a week.
>
Good advice. You should have someone knowledgeable set up your system
and monitor it frequently for the first couple of weeks until it is
running smoothly. Then a remote admin once in a while will probably be
enough. While Linux does not have the big target painted on its back
that Windows does, Linux is still vulnerable and must be maintained,
patched, and upgraded regularly. Most modern distributions have very
easy upgrade and patch utilities that most anyone can be trained to use.

Run tripwire (or its like) and don't use the machine for routine work.
If it is only doing one specific job and does not have a bunch of
end-user toys running the machine should be pretty stable. Make sure you
are running a good firewall at the periphery.

I have been using Ubuntu recently and it is quite user friendly and has
a well maintained Debian archive that is easy to use. I have also used
RedHat for years and have found it to be a very good enterprise choice.

Good luck 

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