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> > hi there!!! Howdy ! > mine name's kev and am a new list member. Mines Neil, and i've been a member for a while ! > just wondering a couple of things, mmm.... > how many users are on this list roughly? - and how many are from plymouth? Well, i know That i live in plymouth at the moment, originally from Exeter tho ! > i have been running linux at home since jan 2000 and see a > fantastic future for it. after programming databases on UNIX machines for a few years i > changed to using windows servers after moving back down from london and i > have been amazed at their instability. we currently write > applications using VB which run on users desktop machines - but these keep falling > over as well, losing their settings, forgetting what the time is etc. > > to be fair the windows 2000 advanced server has not been too bad > - but 4k for a single license + 7k for the SQL server license (and don't > forget the client access licenses) is a bit much! > > i am currently requesting a couple of thin client terminals for > testing and see this as the way forward for business users. > > what i'd like to know is this: > are we a very few who have 'seen a better way' - or is there a huge linux > community beavering away at honing the OS and apps waiting for our time? > > on a more technical note - could anyone give me some advice on the best > ipchains settings for a server which is running the squid proxy > server. what is the best way to allow the DNS servers to return their result? > my current setup is that all ip packets are DENY'd - and i only allow in > packets which i need - but i seem to be getting a lot of packets trying to get in with > different destination port numbers. > well i udes a little application called EasyTables (uses iptables) to set up the network firewall and internet sharing on my server, the writer also has written EasyChains, similar idea, uses ipchains tho ! I found it while on sourceforce.net looking for a firewall, works quite well, you can close off a whole load of ports, and leave others open (if you want to !) Hope this helps, any other questions feel free to ask away !! (i do) TTFN Neil Stone -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.