Re: Stripping down Debian Squeeze
Hi,
I did a netinstall of Debian and installed the 4 modules (Squid,
iptables, Snort and VPN). All seem tobe in less than 1 GB. Anything
else i should look out for?
Thanks
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Andrei Popescu
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sb, 14 ian 12, 20:29:40, Brad Alexander wrote:
>>
>> 1. Do a base install of Debian. During the install, at the Software
>> Selection screen where it asks what to install, *uncheck everything* --
>> except for ssh server, if you want that. This will give you the absolute
>> minimal install possible.
>
> As far as I know this includes Essential, Required and Important. This
> can be trimmed down even further, but it gets very difficult and you
> have to know what you're doing.
>
>> 2. After reboot, do an
>>
>> aptitude update ; aptitude install squid3 snort openvpn iptables
>>
>> This will give you your required packages and nothing else.
>
> I would disable Recommends first, I think this fits the definition of an
> "unusual" installation :) But do check out the recommended packages,
> there might be something you do need.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
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Thanks and Regards
Bijoy Lobo
Paladion Networks
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