[ic] Interchange Server

[Dan B]

At 08:04 AM 5/31/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I am currently using Interchange in a test environment but was wondering
>about a production server.  I really hope this is the place for this
>question as it does pertain to production Interchange systems.  I usually
>install all of my production Linux servers from scratch, as in I start with
>a very small custom RH installation and then compile only those
>software/application components needed.  The question is this, is anyone
>using RH 7.1 out-of-the-box for their installations?  I ask because I am
>really getting tired of having to recompile new releases (especially bug
>fixes) all the time.  I do understand that I get possible performance gains
>from doing it this way, but the time factor is horrible.  So are there any
>Interchange users who have gone out-of-the-box with their RH 7.1 Linux
>installations and using them in production on the net?  Thanks for your time
>and I do apologize if this is not the place for this question.

Shon,

Remember that RedHat owns Interchange.  Luckily, I don't think the RH 
engineers are very thin-skinned when people mention how insecure and slow 
it is out of the box.  :-)

However, yes, I've been running Interchange on RH 7.1 since it came out.  I 
plan on upgrading some of our production servers to it soon (find the time, 
etc.).  Their 2.4.2+patches kernel did ship with the FTP vulnerability, so 
you need to work around that if you are planning on using it for NAT, and 
I'm sure it would be easy to recompile 2.4.5 on there if you were so inclined.

Dan Browning, Cyclone Computer Systems, danb@cyclonecomputers.com