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The directions below will produce the RedHat (currently version 6.2 is used,
7.0 is in development) Linux system that boots into the bare (=no window
manager, like gnome, kde or fvwm2) X server and starts Netscape Navigator (not
Communicator, which includes Main and News clients). Upon exiting the browser
the X server is restarted and the new Netscape process is launched as
needed. The system is intended for Internet Kiosks and similar applications.
Security is emphasized at all the stages of the setup.
This HOWTO will be updated (maybe significantly) as long as more reports about the deployment of
such boxes will arrive.
Use the information in this document at your own risk. I disavow any
potential liability for the contents of this document. Use of the
concepts, examples, and/or other content of this document is entirely
at your own risk.
All copyrights are owned by their owners, unless specifically noted
otherwise. Use of a term in this document should not be regarded as
affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark.
Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen as endorsements.
You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system before
major installation and backups at regular intervals.
In this version I have the pleasure of acknowledging the previous maintainer
of this HOWTO who nicely agreed to transfer it to me
dmarti@????.com
New versions of this document can be found at
http://www.chuvakin.org/kiodoc
from 0.0.4 to 0.0.3
from 0.0.2 to 0.0.3
- references added
- abstract finished
- Write abstract
- Suggested hardware
.Xdefaults disable some keys (Alt-Ctrl-F1)
- X server port 6000 attacks, do something about them
- X server under root, bad
- Eliminate more unneeded RPMs
- Implement /etc/pam.d/limits.conf to prevent netscape bloat and system
crash (well, by causing it to crash before bloat ;-) ), see
Security HOWTO
- Protect some files with chattr is nice
- Provided CDROM booting considerations
- Redo everything for RedHat 7.0
All comments, error reports, additional information (very much appreciated!!!)
and criticism of all sorts should be directed to:
anton@chuvakin.org
http://www.chuvakin.org/
My PGP key is located at
http://www.chuvakin.org/pgpkey
This document is copyrighted (c) 2000 Anton Chuvakin, and parts of it are
Copyright 1997 Donald B. Marti Jr. where marked as such
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