Re: [mv] Best Linux Security Solution...?

[cfm@maine.com]

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On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 02:23:14PM -0800, Clint Silvester wrote:
> ******    message to minivend-users from Clint Silvester <clint@focuscompanies.com>     ******


minivend on debian linux is no big deal.  There might even be a package
by now, though many, including myself, have tried (and failed).  There are
a number of reasons behind that: mostly too much customization.
The tarball from minivend.com is easier.  Install all the perl packages
you need as debs.  Mysql too.




> 
> Dave Barr wrote:
> 
> > [snip]
> 
> >
> > We intend to use the latest version of Minivend (4.02).
> >
> > As per usual this project needed to be up and running 6 months ago,
> > so speed is of the essence. The companies IT dept. has a preference
> > for 'DEBIAN', but the CTO and I prefer:
> >
> 
> Coming from an IT department that likes Debian myself, I may be biased, but I think
> my view isn't.  There may be reasons that the IT department like Debian.  I myself
> think that Debian is much easier to get packages for, and to update, although I have
> not tried out the BSD's, so I cannot say how any of them do their packing system.
> I'm just concerned that maybe you should ask them what reasons they have for Debian,
> because I think that it might get you off the ground faster, especially if they are
> familiar with it. It will take time to learn the ins and outs of a new OS.  As a note
> about the maturaty of the Linux networking stack, the 2.4 kernel is just around the
> corner, and I know that this was one of the issues that they were addressing witht
> the 2.4 development.
> 
> Clint Silvester
> 
> >
> > Redhat
> > Mandrake
> > NetBSD
> > FreeBSD
> 
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