FreeBSD hands down.
I've got detailed documentation that's rather outdated but still applicable.
The configuration is straight forward and the main packages are IPF, IPNAT, squid, snort, bind, sendmail and sshguard
I've used the documentation for as long as I've been on
...what's the point?
'nuff said.
The outfit I currently work for disposes of an unbelievable amount of hardware, including hard drives. Due to *government* requirements, every drive gets disposed of via a company that comes to the site with a portable shredder. Every drive is inventoried prior to removal, secured in a lock box, inventoried prior to disposal, and then shredded. The outfit I work for destroys so much shit it makes me ill. It's so wasteful it boggles the mind. I guess when you're in the business of making money from money, you can afford it. Too bad none of the bean counters have a clue as to how much they'd recoup if they sold the stuff they threw away instead of paying a disposal outfit to take it.
Then enforce it. Make some examples. I know it sucks but lay down the law once or twice and it'll make a difference.
I would find it not only ironic but infuriating if my daughter's college would ban laptop use, since the purchase of a Mac was mandatory given her chosen major. The real question here is when is laptop use appropriate? Certain classes dictate the use of a laptop. If it's internet use that's detracting from the classroom experience, then as some folks mentioned, simply turn off the wireless for that area.
...takes second chair to liability. We award people that lack common sense with finanacial gain.
Put a hot cup of coffee between your legs and get burned? Cash!
Pump a tankful of gas and light a cigarette while wearing the gloves you spilled some gas on? Voila! CASH!
Cut your thumb off because you weren't paying attention to the rapidly spinning blade on the table? MORE CASH!
No one take responsibility for their stupidity or recklessness anymore. So next time I'm swinging a hammer and I bust my thumb open, I guess I'll have to find me a lawyer that can get me a few bucks for my pain and suffering.
SUCK IT UP LOSERS. Take some responsibility for your own stupidity!!!
...back when I was in college. Part of my CS studies included classes that involved coding for the AS/400, the VAX/VMS and COBOL. I had the good misfortune of being at a school that was rather relaxed in terms of security and almost everyone left their "password" the same as their user ID, which just happened to be the same name used for their personal directories. It didn't take much time to sort thru every possible directory and copy every possible file you could to "learn from example". During the next semester, I managed to finish all the labs for my first course of C programming in 3 weeks, and I got a "B" on the final. Did I cheat? Yeah, I guess you could call it that. Did I learn anything? Sure did. Take security seriously.
Practical people would be more practical if they would take a little more time for dreaming. -- J. P. McEvoy
