> Hi, which is the best linux OS for security and to run squid?? This is a matter of opinion. Mine is that gentoo is the best for squid. emerge squid and you're all done. When updates come out for squid or it's dependencies, as with your whole installed package base aka "world" in general, you emerge squid and squid & its dependencies are cupdated while the old one(s) is(are) removed. Or if you want to recompile squid with a different option such as ldap support, you add ldap to your /etc/make.conf and re-emerge squid. No package hell. --- Chris Covington IT Plus One Health Management 75 Maiden Lane Suite 801 NY, NY 10038 646-312-6269 http://www.plusoneactive.com