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Old 05-15-2006, 01:14 AM   #1
Fadoksi
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Using Red Hat 9 Safe?


Hello everyone

My friend wanted a Linux computer with irssi and ssh-server, so he can be in irc and do another things. And learning to use Linux

So I'm asking that, is it safe to use Red Hat 9 as the server? Im going to block all ports what are unneeded.
No webservers etc. are going to be installed. Only the SSH-server.

Also allowing only his host and mine to connect (hosts.allow)
And blocking everything else (hosts.deny, iptables)

And can I compile the new versions of OpenSSH and OpenSSL?
 
Old 05-15-2006, 01:52 AM   #2
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What you are suggesting sounds very secure.
You can compile new versions of openSSH/L - indeed. They may use libraries that the RH9 disks don't have... so you may find yourself installing a newer gcc and so on as well.

Since you are debian/gentoo person, you're freind may be better served with the sarge??
 
Old 05-15-2006, 08:10 AM   #3
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Well, his computer had problems with Sarge, and I think it will be easier for him to start with more "user-friendly" distro
 
Old 05-15-2006, 08:18 PM   #4
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Ubuntu ... it's amost debian, and so freindly it can get your freind laid
Admittedly the installer isn't what it could be.

What the hey, this is just a server - presumably you know enough to install a decent kernel... have fun
 
Old 05-16-2006, 11:12 AM   #5
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Hmm yes... I almost forgot Ubuntu.

Thanks for reminding me
 
Old 05-16-2006, 07:06 PM   #6
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RH9 isn't supported by Redhat anymore, so it's going to have a truckload of unpatched vulnerabilities on it. You should really consider installing YUM and having it get updates from the fedora legacy project. They have backported patches for Redhat 9 and YUM has great automatic update capabililities. Or just install a newbie-friendly distro that is supported like Fedora, Mandrive, Ubuntu, etc. Better safe than sorry.
 
Old 05-17-2006, 10:50 PM   #7
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Also read up on securing an SSH server.
 
Old 05-25-2006, 06:38 PM   #8
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Thumbs up

Speeking for myself I am still using RH 7.3 on my server and it is updated on a regular basis from the fedora legacy project.

I would not have any worries at all.

RH 9 was quite a change from 7.3 but it might still be a worthy system as long as you keep it updated.


# cat /etc/*release
LSB_VERSION="1.2.0"
Red Hat Linux release 7.3 (Valhalla)

# uname -r
2.4.20-43.7.legacy

# yum update
Gathering package information from servers
Getting headers from: Fedora Project RHL 7.3 Legacy Utilities
Getting headers from: Fedora Project RHL 7.3 OS
Getting headers from: Fedora Project RHL 7.3 Updates
Finding updated packages
Downloading needed headers
No Packages Available for Update
No actions to take

# uptime
5:25pm up 227 days, 17:06, 1 user, load average: 0.69, 0.56, 0.23


Only down time I've had was due to power outages and a few hard drives over the years which were on a software RAID mirrored array.

There is actually a new kernel installed waiting to boot after the next hurricane or other power outage.

IMO -- RedHat still rocks!

 
  


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