[Leaplist] A "STOPPED" IPCop Computer

[William Holmes Ferguson]

Thank you very much,  Mr. Perry.

Your welcome clarification mentioned a couple items I don't understand.

I don't understand the phrase  "statefull inspection firewall."
This is not criticism coming from me.
Maybe a typo?  Maybe "stable inspection firewall" intended?

I don't understand what a "webmin interface" is.

As you see, I'm walking on very unfamiliar ground here.

What caused me to refer to the opening screen of my IPCop Computer's
software was: ---  I boot my Main Linux computer and type in a Terminal
the IP Address of my IPCop computer.
Then, after a couple minutes, the Screen of the IPCop
Computer opens with what, to me, the uninitiated, looks sort of 
comparable to
a Desktop screen on other Linux Distro's.

So if I understand it correctly, that opening screen with its Menu of 
Buttons
horizontally arranged in the upper part of the screen should be called
the "web interface" or  a "webmin interface?"

Finally, I Googled up "Webmin" and learned that one meaning is that it 
is a software program which
IT managers often use to administer Servers.

I think that you are teaching me that tho' both the "Red" and the 
"Green" NIC's of
my IPCop Computer were "STOPPED" when I checked System Status,  but they 
aren't
"STOPPED" when the IPCop Computer is properly connected in my two-person
home LAN.

Many thanks again,

William
Florida
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Randall Perry wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:56 AM, William Holmes Ferguson
> <williamhf at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>   
>> Please tell me if the "STOPPED" response I print here below is unexpected.
>> Does it mean that my IPCop Computer just isn't working properly?
>>     
> It is working like it is supposed to be.
> Out of the box it is statefull inspection firewall.
> You can optionally enable VPN tunnels (if needed) or turn on the
> active IDS (if you will actually read the messages when they are
> generated--not a set-and-forget kind of thing).
> You can also enable DHCP, proxy or any other features that you MIGHT need.
>
> It wouldn't make sense to turn everything on 'just incase'.
> Every daemon you turn on uses more resources on that box.
> eg. Squid (proxy server) works great, but you need disk space, fast
> cpu and RAM for that.
>
> BTW, you might get more responses if the list didn't have a hiccup and
> if you referred to the IPCop interface as either a web interface or
> webmin interface.  It is NOT a desktop menu. (probably threw some
> people for a loop on where the gui xwindow comes up with ipcop).
>   


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