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Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 4:33am

Security on a Shoestring Budget

The last link in the above article goes somewhere where Randy might feel right at home:
Top 100 Network Security Tools

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Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 8:21am

That's a pretty good listing, although some of the ones listed are not technically network security tools. It did bring up a question I've wondered about.

Don - Have you ever tried running a BSD server? I got curious about this when I heard Steve Gibson on his podcast bring up again that he used BSD for his servers. He commented on liking the stability and security of BSD.

I've only loaded a version of BSD up and played around with the desktop some.

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Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 8:26am

I have.

It's a good OS and I like it just fine but the bottom line is that most of my background is Microsoft and having to learn a whole new operating system, especially at the command line, is just too much for my feeble brain to get around. I was constantly having to refer to other sources to figure out how to do something and it took too much time for my impatient tastes.

That's not to say that I know everything there is to know about Windows server but I can find most things or at least know where to look.

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Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 10:14am

Know what you mean. I go through spurts of wanting to dig into something, but most of the time I just want it to work.

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Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29296	Quote Reply Topic: Security Tools Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 4:33am
	Security on a Shoestring Budget The last link in the above article goes somewhere where Randy might feel right at home: Top 100 Network Security Tools

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15259	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 8:21am
	That's a pretty good listing, although some of the ones listed are not technically network security tools. It did bring up a question I've wondered about. Don - Have you ever tried running a BSD server? I got curious about this when I heard Steve Gibson on his podcast bring up again that he used BSD for his servers. He commented on liking the stability and security of BSD. I've only loaded a version of BSD up and played around with the desktop some.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22243	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 8:26am
	I have. It's a good OS and I like it just fine but the bottom line is that most of my background is Microsoft and having to learn a whole new operating system, especially at the command line, is just too much for my feeble brain to get around. I was constantly having to refer to other sources to figure out how to do something and it took too much time for my impatient tastes. That's not to say that I know everything there is to know about Windows server but I can find most things or at least know where to look.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15259	Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 2011 at 10:14am
	Know what you mean. I go through spurts of wanting to dig into something, but most of the time I just want it to work.