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Re: Any do's and dont's for a 9i oracle installation on RedHat Linux

From: Ray Stell <stellr_at_cns.vt.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 05:38:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004C2611.20020829053822@fatcity.com>

Not on the oracle topic:

RH is pretty insecure out of the box. If you don't take steps to lock it down the machine will be compromised within the hour in our experience. There are some good web pages out on the steps that need to be taken:

http://www.sans.org/newlook/projects/bastille_linux.htm http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/People/Bill/basic_sec.html

I'd suggest the use of iptables:

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jns/security/iptables/

That said, I have a screaming 8.1.7.4 server running on RH 7.1. I am unhappy with the oracle support matrix for RH, however. It seems to have stalled a 7.1. I'm thinking of giving SuSE 7.2 a run since it is supported, hoping the ext3 filesystem is there. RH7.1 only has ext2. The seemed to be pushing the RH advanced server with 9i, which seems like a real Redmond, WA thing.

On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 02:08:19AM -0800, Docherty, Heather wrote:
> I am installing RedHat Linux and oracle 9i on two RM servers.
>
> I have never run Linux before. I usually run HP L-class or Sun Sparc
> servers with 8/8i.
>
> I would welcome emails with tips anybody has for avoiding anything I don't
> know that I should be avoiding yet, if you see what I mean!
>
> OT: Does anyone know why running startx, after boot-up to a Linux text
> prompt, causes the shutdown -r to hang the box and not reboot?
>
> Heather
> Napier University
> Edinburgh, Scotland
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