With slackware at least remember to close down all unnecessary services before you go online. That o/s is wide open otherwise. No way to comment on debian since I've not tried that yet in terms of out of the box security. For any present or former debian users who use another distribution or have used another distribution, what would you say is the main attraction of debian that slackware and redhat are missing? -- ----- Microsoft; mismanagement, and stupidity are all weapons of mass destruction. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list