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Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10: Page 5 of 5

Though SUSE does not allow users with expired licenses to use this feature, users can patch their systems through other means, like downloading patches from Apache's Web site or kernel patches from kernel.org, for example.

SLES 10's firewall has everything blocked by default. Some 28 preconfigured services can be enabled, including HTTP, HTTPS, LDAP and IMAP. Though the firewall is only slightly more useful than port blocking in Windows, it's enough, considering the rest of the security provided. Besides, a full-featured firewall on a basic server inside the network would be overkill.

Ben DuPont is a systems engineer for WPS Resources in Green Bay, Wis. He specializes in software development. Write to him at [email protected].