Re: [LUG] hi there!!!

["Paul Sutton" <psutton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Welcome to the group, hope we can be of help and can share our experiences
to good effect.

Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin bailey" <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 08 November 2001 22:34
Subject: [LUG] hi there!!!


> hi there!!!
>
> mine name's kev and am a new list member.
>
> just wondering a couple of things,
>
> how many users are on this list roughly? - and how many are from plymouth?
>
> i have been running linux at home since jan 2000 and see a fantastic
future
> for it.  after programming databases on UNIX machines for a few years i
> changed to using windows servers after moving back down from london and i
> have been amazed at their instability.  we currently write applications
using
> VB which run on users desktop machines - but these keep falling over as
well,
> losing their settings, forgetting what the time is etc.
>
> to be fair the windows 2000 advanced server has not been too bad - but 4k
for
> a single license + 7k for the SQL server license (and don't forget the
client
> access licenses) is a bit much!
>
> i am currently requesting a couple of thin client terminals for testing
and
> see this as the way forward for business users.
>
> what i'd like to know is this:
> are we a very few who have 'seen a better way' - or is there a huge linux
> community beavering away at honing the OS and apps waiting for our time?
>
> on a more technical note - could anyone give me some advice on the best
> ipchains settings for a server which is running the squid proxy server.
what
> is the best way to allow the DNS servers to return their result?  my
current
> setup is that all ip packets are DENY'd - and i only allow in packets
which i
> need - but i seem to be getting a lot of packets trying to get in with
> different destination port numbers.
>
> looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> kevin bailey
>
>
>
>
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