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Subject: Re: partitions and a new install
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Peter Brezny wrote:
> 
> For a production firewall machine, is it important to create separate
> partitions (slices) for different labels.
> 
> For example, is it a good idea to put
> 
> /
> /var
> /usr
> /home
> 
> on separate partitions to help keep the possibility of file system
> corruption from taking out more than one of these areas at a time?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Peter Brezny
> SysAdmin Services Inc.
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Personally, on a firewall machine I try to put them all on one
partition, < 100Megs total, and mount it read-only; if at all possible,
make the bios write-protect it as well. Makes for easy/quick backup, and
by write-protecting it assures better security.
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