Subj : Linux Netwosix 1.2 Jinko released To : comp.os.linux,alt.hackers.malicious From : ciaglia Date : Sun Nov 28 2004 06:34 am ************************************************************************** Linux Netwosix Announcement Release Italy Release 1.2 - 28 November 2004 Codename -> Jinko by Vincenzo Ciaglia ************************************************************************** The NETWOSIX Linux distribution (v. 1.2) is now available. What's Netwosix ? ******************* Linux Netwosix is a powerful and optimized Linux distribution for servers and Network Security related jobs. It can also be used for special operations such as penetration testing with its big collection of security oriented software and sources. It's a light distribution created for the requirements of every SysAdmin and it's very portable and highly configurable. Our philosophy is to give greater liberty for configuration to the SysAdmin. Only in this way can he/she configure a powerful and stable server machine. Linux Netwosix also has a powerful ports system (Nepote) similar to the xBSD systems but more flexible and usable. Features ******************* The system has been completely rebuilt, now assures a high security for your network. Linux Netwosix 1.2 solves all the critical problems discovered into releases 1.0 and 1.1 and now could be considered like one of the most important distribution in this field thanks to its lightweight and clear structure and now it's more configurable and secure. Some features: - New SETUP method - New HOWTO - All packages upgraded to latest and fixed versions. - Very very light iso image fast to download and install (~224MB). - It runs Linux Kernel 2.6.9. - System binaries linked with the GNU C Library, version 2.3.3. - Iptables 1.2.9. - GCC 3.3.3 as the default C compiler. - It runs "nepote" as default Porting Tool (updated with the new packages). - Perl 5.8.4 as perl compiler. The new system is 224 MB and "Xfree86" is optional. Additionl Features ******************** - Support for fully encrypted network connections with OpenSSL (this version is without bugs), OpenSSH, and GnuPG. - Apache 2.0.52 web server and PHP 4.3.4 - The latest version of SAMBA - The updated version of Mutt, the mail client - Zebra 0.94, the free routing software distributed under GNU GPL. - Support for Proftp 1.2.10 - Wireless tools (wireless_tools27) - Many more improved and upgraded packages than we can list here. For a complete list of core packages in Linux Netwosix 1.2, see this page: http://www.netwosix.org/packages.html Download CD Image ******************** The complete list of all the mirror is available from our Download Center at: http://download.netwosix.org Virtual Community ******************** - The IRC official channel of Linux Netwosix is available at: irc.freenode.net - #netwosix - The official Mailing Lists are available at: http://www.netwosix.org/mailing.html - Linux Netwosix Bugzilla http://www.netwosix.org/bugzilla/ - Internetworking@netwosix.org http://internetworking.netwosix.org Further developments ******************** We're planning to develop a new branch of our project: 2.x. Here we will introduce more graphics environments like setup and configuration scripts to help not expert users to use in the best way possible our distro. However we'll continue to parallel release other versions under the branch 1.x. We're always open to possible collaborations. We want to improve our team. If you want to help us, write to Vincenzo. Acknowledgements ******************** Thanks to all the peoples who believed in this project. Thanks to all the peoples and companies that hosted the iso images. Thanks to everybody @ Netwosix Team CD Image Checksum ******************** MD5 (netwosix1.2.x86.iso) = aee39f919e1db016ace169c9d1d9c57f Happy hacking with Linux Netwosix! ---- Vincenzo Ciaglia - Project Leader of Linux Netwosix - .