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Re: secure distro's

Harondel J. Sibble (help@pdscc.com)
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 00:05:35 -0700

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On 14 Aug 99, at 23:12, Rob Thomas wrote:

> There is also kha0s linux (http://www.kha0s.org), which is in development
> and seems very promising. It focuses a lot on encryption, and isn't based
> on redhat :)

I'll have a look. What! you don't like RedHat? Doesn't everyone love them?
Blasphemy! ; - P

> IMHO, my slackware setup (all binaries recompiled with stackguard,
> security tools such as abacus sentry and big brother, IDS, Blowfish
> replacement for DES) is as efficient as a 'secure distro'.
>
probably true, but could you easily distribute that setup on thousands of
client machines? that is one of the major thrusts of bastille linux

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