[asterisk-users] Asterisk server: Console or GUI OS ? Init level 3 or init level 5 ?

[Robert Huddleston]

Well you are correct - I did not include a discussion on performance impacts
including disk I/O etc.

 

It is true that by installing a GUI o/s additional init.d (startup) services
will fire.. Additional libraries will be inclusive etc.

 

This is why I say minimal is always better.

 

Also take for example risk mitigation with security aspects. If you minimize
the number of libraries (think windows DLL's) you have installed you also
thus minimize your potential exposure.

 

Again - this is just my recommendation and experience. Firewalls are great
at blocking things and in theory - sure you could nmap your box and look for
open ports and conceal them.

 

I remember a Solaris engineer we had once - he bragged and bragged about his
qualifications on Sun Solaris. Just to find out that he installed a bunch of
GUI tools just so that he could install Oracle drivers. Further he didn't
remove or lock down that exposure.

 

Start minimal and work your way up. Now for my poke / razz - GUI's in server
grade operating systems have made people a little to reliant on them.

 

 

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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk server: Console or GUI OS ? Init
level 3 or init level 5 ?

 

 

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Robert Huddleston <rhuddleston at gmail.com>
wrote:

I personally would never install a GUI o/s. By doing so you always open
yourself up to more security concerns.. Packages / ports / etc.

 

Course one might argue - "it's behind a firewall"..

 

In my professional experience with running numerous ISP and VoITSPs the rule
has always been install the minimum needed software to accomplish the goal.


Thanks for the reply.  I was worried the list would find it a trite and
irritating question.

I was expecting someone to tell me that even with the GUI component running
in the background, the graphical processes have the potential to mess up the
streams.  I guess I should confess that I'm always a bit surprised to
remember that asterisk doesn't require a real time OS !

Have you really exposed much more if you install the GUI components and
normally run at init 3 ?

Thanks again. 

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