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Hi all,<BR>
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I'm getting ready to order the first "production" Linux system for my employer. I want it to go well so there isn't ammo for the folks who would like to shoot Linux down. <BR>
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Based on, purchasing contracts, what models we generally order, and the business requirements I have determined that the HP Proliant DL380 G3 is the best fit. I'm inclined to go with Fedora Core just being the most up to date. There isn't need for the kind of extra support that RHEL offers. I could go with RH 9 if there's a reason. <BR>
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The system will be a dedicated NESSUS scanner we intend to put several NICs in it and plug it into multiple networks/VLANS so that we can schedule "attacks" for the evening hours and not have the security folks hanging out to all hours of the evening. I did find the little bit of addon for NESSUS that will store the results in a MYSQL database and report via the web. ;) A real selling point! Gotta to the PHB reports!<BR>
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So, really 2 questions.<BR>
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1. Has anyone on the list had experience with this system and either RH9 or Fedora Core 1? Good or bad?<BR>
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2. Does anyone on the list have other things for a NESSUS server that I should be looking at that they know about?<BR>
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Thanks in Advance!<BR>
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Kevin<BR>
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