Re: Idea

[Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi () phxby com>]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 11:12:06AM -0700, D B wrote:

> i have always had an idea.... but never any place to
> try it
>
> i would like people with experience to tell me what
> they  think of it
>
> assuming a  unix / linux operating system as a server
>
> install the services .... get them configured
> ...remove all booting hardware except the drive ....
> then change the roots shell to /bin/false and and
> remove all working shells from the OS
>
> to configure or modify things one would have to
> install boot hardware and then use other boot media
> containing a shell 
>
> only problem is ...i dont know of anything service
> wise that requires little to no modification on a
> regular basis
>
> firewall ...router ?...ftp server ?
>
> k ...flame on 

Put firewall, router, ftp, etc. but just don't connect it to any
network, and you'll be safe.
Anyhow, how are you going to update the box remote, in case you need to
do ASAP if you can't even login into it??

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