EXT :RE: Fedora Server?

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Burke, Thomas (ES) wrote:
> Yeah, this box serves HTTP, mail, and SSl to the outside world, and SAMBA
> to the inside.  It's been hardened, and has never had an intrusion...
>
> But, since updates have not been available for several years, and a new
> install will be a royal PITA (since I no longer have the install media), I
> figured I'd consider going to something newer.

In that case, I really would go to something a lot newer - even without an
intrusion, you're more vulnerable to things like DDoS.

Esp. if the budget's an issue, I'd suggest CentOS - it's built from RHEL
source; all that's different is the proprietary stuff. It tends to be
*very* solid, right out of the box.

        mark