Re: [Devil-linux-develop] unpack error

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > I have some ideas about a server .config profile I'd like to run by you,
> 
> I thought we already did? Anyhow, you can do it if you maintain the config
> file.

I've been thinking and talking about it, but haven't done it yet.

First I need to decide how to configure the security settings.
Getting rid of grsecurity is a given, but what about the other ones?

I see a "server" as something that should run as fast as possible,
so how much of a performance hit are the other security options?  
Any idea?  Or should I just remove them all?

And, if we create a "server", should we remove some services from the
default profile?  Maybe drop some stuff that really shouldn't be run on
a firewall, like samba, etc?  Or drop the default profile and only have
a router profile and a server profile?

Essentially switch to a firewall release AND a server release, and not
combine the two?  Or add the server option and leave the others alone?

> > if it's not too much work to add another one.
> 
> I was thinking about dropping support for i486 in the 1.3 series and for
> that only providing a i586-SMP.

Sounds good to me!  A i586-SMP firewall, and a i686-SMP server release?

> > I could also help with some of the compiling and uploading if you like.
> 
> Oh I would certainly appreciate that !

You'll have to tell me the steps you follow to compile the official
releases (along with stuff on how to get rid of the date as part of the
release number, etc.)

Of course that's assuming I can still compile DL ...  I just upgraded
all my desktops to SuSE 9.2 and haven't tried a DL compile yet.  :-)

 - BS