RV: [Newbies] Linux and Squeak server help

> De: <[hidden email]>
> Fecha: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:53:03 +1000 (EST)
> Para: "Edgar J. De Cleene" <[hidden email]>
> Asunto: Re: [Newbies] Linux and Squeak server help
>
> Hi Edgar!
>
> I've had a bit of a read of the Mepis Wiki, and it seems that Mepis is
> singularly unsuited to the kind of use you are looking at, as it is
> focused on being a pure workstation to the extent that the recommended
> firewall config won't even let it serve web pages from its external
> interface from port 80!!!
>
> You should be able to introduce the changes I recommended in my previous
> email by running a GUI application called 'guarddog', which should already
> be installed and has documentation at
> http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/manual2/index.html
>
> BTW, the Linux system firewall has nothing to do with the firewall on your
> broadband router.  It could even be argued that you don't need a linux
> firewall at all if you are sure your router is configured right and you
> trust it.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> John Foster