On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 03:35:25PM -0500, Andy Zbikowski wrote: > You should check out the Netmax suite to pacify the NT proxy folks. > (http://www.netmax.com) Pick your flavor: > Linux or FreeBSD > > What you're really paying for is "we tweaked it for maximum security" and > the tasty web interfaces. I've never used any of them myself, but the web > interfaces look good, and those NT folks should "get it." > > Anybody used something from the Netmax line? yep. set up a fileserver once for a customer. I can't say it's all bad; they do have a web-based interface for just about anything you want to do /with the supplied software/. I don't remember if the web interface uses SSL; I don't think so. to their compliment, they do have a (apparently) decent tape backup system included. it doesn't support anything other than SCSI tape drives out of the box; but with some knowlege and command-line tweaking, IDE tape drives can be supported as well. they have a package system, which is sort of "rpms writ large"... they bundle a lot of things together into upgrade packages. there are security updates listed on their web site; but they aren't very up to date. (that said, they're better than nothing). security-wise; they're nothing spectacular. they leave piles of unnecessary services open, just like redhat. (which is probably where it comes from). I believe there's some degree of X interface; but since the box we installed it on had an unsupported chipset at the time (intel 810); I never bothered to try it. mind you, I was working on a fileserver rather than a firewall. YMMV. as for the web interface itself, I think it's very clunky and not very intuitive. it might be easier to pick up than a command line, for those who are afraid to learn text commands; but it's far from being pretty or quick. (and it's a rather hideous shade of green). take a look at the online demo to see for yourself. they also do some wierd things with user accounts. it's not trivial to go from web-management to command-line management. I remember having problems changing user passwords on the command line (they aren't written to /etc/passwd by default; only if you give them shell access as well). user directories are under /var/ as well (buried a few layers deeper than strictly necessary, too). so yes, it's a decent tool for newbies to use; but not at all a good place to learn about linux. Also, it's like most other GUI-fied interfaces; if stuff breaks, you're in trouble. (that said, it looked fairly idiot-resistant). Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org