[modular-debian] Re: Distros without full proper management
- From: Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Steve Litt <slitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, modular-debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 03:28:52 +1100
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Hi Steve,
On 24/11/2014 2:46 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:48:40 +1100
> Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>> On 24/11/2014 12:36 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>>> OpenBSD has a pretty amazing track record in terms of security.
>>> Don't know if the same can be applied to their ports.
>>
>> So, that doesn't hold true for FreeBSD as well?
>
> Not to the same extent. Pertaining to security, OpenBSD makes Debian
> look like Windows, from what I understand. Its top priority is security.
>
>> I've relied on Debian-Security and as a rule try to not install
>> software outside of apt packaging -- the main reason for that is to
>> make sure that the package system has a chance of keeping my software
>> more secure than I could manage by myself.
>
> Andrew, what's your use case? What are you doing with your computer(s)?
The /main/ basics at this time are as follows:
bind9 DNS servers
multiple zones [master and slave as well]
exim4 mail servers
[full TLS, dovecot, squirrelmail]
mysql [server] for websites
xen and kvm servers
[moving to kvm over xen on some machines]
apache2 web servers
[including one Magento site, a bunch of WP sites and other sites]
samba server
backup servers
[mostly, but not exclusively using rsnapshot]
- currently with LUKS encrypted over RAID1 with lvm2
- also with dropbear.
own cloud [or similar] setup will be done at one stage.
and normal ssh of course.....
[with limited and restrictive access]
The virtual server side of things are my greatest concerns for
migration, the rest is pretty simple.
Currently using *mostly* Windows for desktops / laptops.
Also Windows Server products on some client machines.
[AADS (formerly XPUnlimited product)
- MYOB and other products that needs to use Windows at this time]
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Kind Regards
AndrewM
Andrew McGlashan
IT Support & Broadband Solutions
Affinity Vision Australia Pty Ltd
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