Thanks a lot for the tips, I'll check it out! On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 11:27:01AM -0500, Alexander Wallace ([EMAIL > PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > My questions: Will I be in the safe side if I decide to use debian for > > an internet server to serve web/mail/servlets/php/mysql and stuff like > > that as far as performance and security goes? compared to a redhat > > system? > > Security in any event is subject to how well you administer the system. > Debian's package management makes it easier to rid yourself of > unnecessary cruft on the system, relative to RH, and to keep current > with updates. Debian tends to stay quite current on bugfixes. > > > One thing I noticed on this new debian system I just installed is that > > to connect to the box by ssh it takes like 2 minutes to get connected > > over the lan, where if I try ssh to one of the redhat ones I have here > > it is instantly connected, both have the same network cards and the > > debian machine is a pIII 450, the redhat is a p 200.... > > Almost certainly DNS issues involving reverse DNS lookup. Run ssh with > the '-v' option, and take a look at your sshd logs. > > > Can someone also point me out to where to get the right apt sources to > > go to woody and sid??? > > 'testing' and 'unstable' in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, > respectively, rather than 'stable'. > > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free > Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html >
