[CS-FSLUG] article on current mission network news

[Josiah Ritchie]

R. Thompson scripted ::

>http://mnn.gospelcom.net/article/5913
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>Wouldn't Linux answer both problems, security and cost for some
>situations?

No. Because "they may not have the knowledge or the funding." Setting
up Linux boxen for security of things like email, etc. can become very
time consuming. Buying a box that already has it setup is nice, but
also expensive.

It's easy to do with a linux firewall, but you still have to keep
up-to-date on patches and such. The RedHat network would be great for
managing patches on such a spread out environment, at least that's
what I've heard.

For real security on a good budget, they'd almost need to put everyone
behind the same infrastructure with VLANs or something similar a
protect them from a central location.

In any case, it's a daunting task.

JSR/