On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 08:21:52PM -0500, Bob Hartung wrote:
[...]
> My question is that since I am sure this machine will be
> upgraded in the future and that I am not going to install
> unnecessary packages on this HD how should I patitiion it?
>
> My ideas were:
> /boot 20-30 MB
> /home 200 MB
> /usr/sbin 500 MB
> / everything else
Under these circumstances, I'd replace the "/usr/sbin" you have there
with "/usr/local" and install all non-RPM stuff in there. Reason being
that all RPM stuff can be easily reinstalled on upgrade and you can then
opt to leave all your local add-ons (e.g. scripts in /usr/local/bin)
untouched.
> Second Question:
> Should I plan on using this PC as both masquerading and
> firewall machine [ipchains dictates this to a degree] or
> should I have a second layer of security? This is a home
> network - not a corporate animal.
I'm running both on one machine on my home network and just to satisfy
my paranoia I have portsentry running as well. I'd say that's probably
good enough for a home network (however, if somebody has good reasons
why not, I'd be eager to know them... :-} )
Cheerio,
Thomas
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