Fwd: Re: Firewall Debian vs SUSE
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--- Giacomo Mulas <gmulas@ca.astro.it> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 12:28:25 +0100 (CET)
> From: Giacomo Mulas <gmulas@ca.astro.it>
> To: debian-firewall@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Firewall Debian vs SUSE
>
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Alfonso Mora wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions to help defending Debian solution?
>
> I will not comment about suse, which I do not know well enough. The one
> exception on this being that, after using the rpm package management a
> while ago with RH, I never want to go anywhere near it again.
>
> About debian, now. It is very easy to install a stripped down server
> with
> debian. You have an exceedingly finely grained control over what to
> install and what not, with clearly spelld out dependencies. Moreover, it
>
> is simply beutiful to maintain such a stripped down Debian server. You
> can
> apply security upgrades, when you need to, in a breeze. A Debian-based
> firewall I maintain stays on for months at a time, essentially only
> being
> rebooted when I want to upgrade the kernel. It is very easy to roll your
>
> custom-configured kernels as debian packages, to make things even easier
>
> to maintain. Once you learn a tiny bit about building debian packages
> from
> source you will be able to roll out your custom versions of
> kernel+netfilter utilities with the same set of patch-o-matic extensions
>
> on both, as packages. This will enable you to quickly deploy and test
> any
> upgrades and, if necessary, go back easily and cleanly.
>
> To sum it up, people used to say that Debian is a bitch to install and a
>
> dream to maintain. The "dream" part is still true, the first one is
> absolutely false nowadays with the debian installer. Installing debian
> is
> now more or less as easy as any other major distribution. And support
> via
> mailing lists, bug reporting system etc. is simply outstanding.
> Important
> bugs get fixed astoundingly quickly. I think this happens mostly because
>
> all Debian developers "eat their own food".
>
> Try it, it might take a little more work at the beginning but you will
> not
> regret it.
>
> Bye
> Giacomo
>
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