Trustix Report
Gerald Combs
gerald at ethereal.com
Mon Nov 12 19:55:11 CST 2001
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Steve Johnson wrote:
> Some of you folks may have tried Trustix before, but I can say as a relative
> linux newbie (only two years at it now), it is nifty because it restricts
> pretty much everything and you have to work to loosen up the security. For
> example, no telnet server, only ssh, no cgi installed by default, etc, etc.
> Pretty neat stuff, nice auto-update (swup) of software. I have not tried
> installing any "other" packages yet, but am about to install a new verison
> fo python and a mail manager called Mailman.
>
> Anybody make the Majordomo -> Mailman conversion before?
I converted four lists last October. Moving the subscriber list over was
easy - after setting up and testing the Mailman lists, I went to each
membership management page and pasted in the list of subscribers.
Migrating the list archives was a bit more difficult. I archive messages
using MHonArc, and it took a little bit of tweaking.
> Also, what is the general perspective on Postfix as apposed to send mail.
After administering sendmail for 10 years, this is my perspective:
Sendmail BAD. Postfix GOOD.
Postfix is faster, more secure and easier to configure. All three of
these criteria are particularly important for a machine serving mailing
lists.
> Should I subscribe to Linux newbie instead?
>
> sj
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Steve Johnson
> Manager of Advancing Technologies
> Commercial Lithographing, Inc.
>
>
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