Proposed Linux server

[krose at theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kyle R. Rose)]

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> I'll disagree there, but only conditionally.  It depends a great deal on
> how the system will be set up, and what tradeoff between convenience and
> security the admin is willing to live with...
> 
> For example, I run Licq, an ICQ replacement, on my firewall, because
> certain features don't work through an IP masquerading Linux firewall
> (there is a kernel module that supposedly will make this work now, but I
> haven't gotten around to messing with it)...  It requires that the X
> libraries be in place.

If you'll notice from the list I sent around earlier, I do indeed have
the X libraries installed on my firewall.  I just don't have an X
server (or fonts, or most clients, etc.) there, which needlessly takes
up a _lot_ of space and a _lot_ of memory for a headless machine.

Kyle

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