Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-14 Thread Michael Stewart (vericgar)
Michael Crute wrote: > Hmm... I seem to remember some problem with PHP only compiling if > threads was set to on. Maybe not, will have to test it to see if there > is any good reason that I still have that in my package.use. Thanks > for the tip. > > -Mike > PHP and apache are not the same softw

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread bridavis
Good point, I suppose iptables can do pretty much everything tcp_wrappers can do. -- Original message -- From: Ryan Tandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used > > > 'tcpd' > > > > Doesn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Ryan Tandy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used > 'tcpd' Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure system? Thanks, Brian It can. I haven't yet had a need to implement host-based security, and if I ever do, I

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread bridavis
> Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used > 'tcpd'   Doesn't tcpd add security, thus suggesting it's use for a more secure system?   Thanks, Brian

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Brian Davis
Can one covert a non-hardended machine to use the hardended-profile, or do you have to start from scratch? Michael Crute wrote: On 9/12/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to become a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the ins

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/13/06, Michael Stewart (vericgar) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Crute wrote: > net-www/apache mpm-prefork threads As a side note from the Apache maintainer: This USE-flag combination is pointless. The threads USE-flag is only used if you don't specify a MPM USE-flag, and caused the mp

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-13 Thread Michael Stewart (vericgar)
Michael Crute wrote: > net-www/apache mpm-prefork threads As a side note from the Apache maintainer: This USE-flag combination is pointless. The threads USE-flag is only used if you don't specify a MPM USE-flag, and caused the mpm to be mpm-worker. (If threads is not set, the MPM defaults to mpm-

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread Ryan Tandy
Michael Crute wrote: USE="-* hardened pic ncurses ssl crypt berkdb tcpd pam perl python readline" Even this is a bit more bloated than it needs to be. I have never used 'tcpd' or 'berkdb' on any system I run, and 'perl' and 'python' are *much* more useful (IMO) as local flags (in package.use

Re: [gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread Michael Crute
On 9/12/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to become a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the installation set the flags for the install so I have these flags currently: Those look a bit excessive for a "minimalist" machin

[gentoo-user] Simplified apache2

2006-09-12 Thread James
Hello, I used 2006.1 livecd to install a pII machine. It's going to becomme a (minimalistic) apache2 server. I just let the installation set the flags for the install so I have these flags currently: CURRENT USE=" X alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cairo cdr cli crypt cups dbus dlloader dri