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December Daemon News Released

Posted by timothy on from the still-hot dept.

LiquidPC writes "The new Daemon News is out. This month there are various articles such as Lightweight FTP jail with NAT, Getting More NetInfo Backups, Setting Up Sophos + Amavis For Postfix. And, of course, the usual Newbie's Corner, Answer Man, and Daemon's Advocate columns."

14 comments

  1. Woah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A first post posted *before* the article was posted!

    1. Re:Woah by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or two minutes afterwards, depending on which direction you measure time in your part of the universe.

  2. Sophos? by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 1, Troll


    How come? BSD can't get viruses.

    1. Re:Sophos? by Ded+Bob · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The Windows machines behind the FreeBSD (or any other BSD OS) certainly can. This sounds like a good idea for a project on my home LAN. My wife will love it. ;)

    2. Re:Sophos? by Blkdeath · · Score: 3, Interesting
      I'm posting this against my better judgement so I'm removing my +1. I can't tell if you're being serious or trolling.
      How come? BSD can't get viruses.
      1. Any operating system can get viruses. How the OS is designed and the installation configured to combat the spread of the virus is what makes BSD / UNIX / Linux based platforms undesireable targets for viral attack.
      2. BSD OSs are often used as production mail servers for small to large installations, including, more often than not, a majority of Windows clients. Sophos, IIRC, has the ability to scan mail and/or mail spools to detect and prevent the spread of these viruses to client machines.
      --
      BD Phone Home!

      Shameless plug. Like you weren't expecting it.

    3. Re:Sophos? by Blkdeath · · Score: 4, Informative
      BSD OSs are often used as production mail servers for small to large installations, including, more often than not, a majority of Windows clients. Sophos, IIRC, has the ability to scan mail and/or mail spools to detect and prevent the spread of these viruses to client machines.
      My apologies; I'm guilty of the very same crime as Mr. Penfold. I didn't RTFA. A quote from the article describing the Sophos story;
      Protecting a system against viruses is an important thing for every system administrator. Although there is no real threat from viruses on UNIX, some users may use Windows OS on their home PCs. What I am going to offer you in this article is a somewhat tricky installation of Postfix, Amavis and Sophos.
      --
      BD Phone Home!

      Shameless plug. Like you weren't expecting it.

    4. Re:Sophos? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      How come? BSD can't get viruses.
      Because it's dead of course...

  3. BSD is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Another bombshell has hit the beleagured .. umm yeah, you know the rest.
    Linux is dying.

  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Daemon News Releases YOU!!!

  5. Chez Charnel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just heard the sad news on talk radio. *BSD has died. There were no further details. This comes as a terrible shock to the dilletante-dabbler troll hobbyist community. I miss *BSD already :(

  6. your a faget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    your all a buncha fagots!!
    .

    1039201651

    1. Re:your a faget by screamingelectron · · Score: -1, Troll
      that's faggot, not faget or fagot. You faggot!

      faggot n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

      [Perhaps from faggot, variant of fagot, bundle, lump, old woman.]

      fagot n. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.

  7. *BSD is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nobody is crying.
    Its users are lying.
    No corporates are buying.
    My bacon is frying.

    Ummmm, bacon.

    Troll Out.

    Heh, only Mac OS X is keeping it on life support at the moment.

  8. In other news, time marches on by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Come on - scheduled events are not news. Think about ot.