RE: Custom Unix server installations -- to harden extensively ?

[salgak () speakeasy net]

On 14 May 2003, Ben Nagy wrote:

> This reminds me of a dream I had once where
> someone nice would create integrated build CDs
> for task purposed unix servers - example might
> be a hardened OS set up to just run apache,
> with predefined users that could do nothing
> but add remove modules and change the configs.
> Same for DNS proxies, HTTP proxies, Mail Relay
> etc etc.
>
> Sort of like an "Open Source Appliance
> Project".

Well, once upon a time, there was a distribution called "Storm Linux" which was designed, from day one, to be a 
firewall.   Unfortunately, I've seen neither hide nor hair of Stormix Technologies since sometime in 2001, and the 
website comes up "not available at this time".

But, thanks to Distrowatch, I DID find a mirror of the ISO of it:

http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/storm/iso/

I'll be d/ling it myself in the next day of three (Mandrake 9.1 is still coming down on the home box. . .)

Mayhaps in a week or two, can give a review, since I've never worked with a Debian-based distro before. . .

Keith A. Glass
Manassas, Virginia, USA

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