Just a couple of points to add.

1) Re: rc.firewall - I'm currently using KMyFirewall to configure iptables, it has bundled in NAT / Masquerading settings (ICS in MSWin terms) and seems quite nice. Grc.com reports stealth mode for all ports at least and I can surf from either my Slack box or the eth0 connected WinXP. I previously used Guarddog too (which has a companing called Guidedog for NAT, etc.).

2) You can nmap a localhost (eg 127.0.0.1). Try it with and without your firewall, just do "iptables -F" to remove all rules, then run rc.firewall again to re-enable.

3) Just getting back in to KDE and so am using KlamAV with ClamAV as it integrates with Kmail (as do Sophos and F-prot I think).

HTH somebody.

pbhj

I have found that FreeBSD struggles with the new state of art hardware. Linux has nVidia drivers for i386 and AMD machines. But only for i386 in FreeBSD. Both can get a ready to use PC with just two disks. I was disappointed that Pat dropped the Gnome desktop, though. FreeBSD didn't like my built-in NIC.

I was looking around their (FBSD) site and stumbled across the 6.1 Release ISO's. Now I am installing 6.1, so that should take care of my KDE problem.

I let the installer set up the partitions so I know how the layout is suppose to look, then I adjust them to my liking. Nothing worst than setting up a 512K var (tmp?) partition and have the install blow out just before the reboot prompt. I picked up FreeBSD at 5.4 it sets up just 4 partitions (slices) and a swap space (same with 6.0 and 6.1). A lot more neater.

As far as booting goes, I kept and will always keep, a slackware partition, if anything for lilo. (That should keep us from getting bounced to the BSD forums.

-JJ

I liked using the KlamAV when I used Mepis. I wish that front end was in slack. I tried a package for it from linuxpackages but it didnt work for me. I'm going to try and compile it if I can find the d/load page for it and put it on different pc. I'd like to have 2 different companies protection, so if one is slow to pick up a virus and the other has it, etc.

The only thing with clam-av that I noticed, and it's probably becuase it is a highly used program, and they are very free with information and disclose their errors publicly, I notice that many of the upgrades that they give to the clam-av itself is for buffer *runs, leaks, etc. And I have to learn more about uninstall reinstall in linux first more before I use that solely as my desktop virus app. They have a lot of patches, etc it appears for the AV application itself.

Have you been able to get the real-time virus scanning going with clam-av? using the Dazuko module?

Just as a hint, I also have a package for ClamAV ... now that I think of it, I should update it to the latest release.

Cheers, Eric

Awesome, your packages are the only one's that work everytime !!

Maybe I should put you on retainer

Now, mplayer is a package I have been dabbling with for years now, and the reason I never actually published one is caused by the fact that I am not satisfied with any way to solve mplayer's dependencies and still get a useful player. I mean, you can stick a thousand codecs in it's behind, but who wants all of those? I'd like to know what would *really* be welcomed as dependencies.

The mutagenix guys have actually asked to reform my repository so that it is slapt-get friendly (they want my packages as one of their repositories in Mutagenix installer apparently), that's why you now see all the extra files. So, I'll have a look at their gparted gui. Should be applicable to any Slackware box without modifications as far as I understand.

Eric

Very nice to hear. That mutagenix has a permanent spot on my desk these days, it really is a nice cd to boot up on, and fix if I broke something and cant get into X or to a cli. I also had a buddy of mine try it as first time to linux he like it alot, your packages will truly help them out.

The only thing with mutagenix that I see as negative is they run you as root, with networking and everyone says that is bad. Other than that mutagenix is awesome.

Oh and regarding the player, it would be nice if the 'noobed' it up a little.

Pretty interesting article. The poin that they say the number of virsus doubled last year according to kaspersky.

http://www.viruslist.com/en/analysis?pubid=184625030