Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:04:56 -0500 (EST) From: IAccounts <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: First time on list Message-ID: <20030222135242.G33210-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>
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This is my first message on this list, and I'm just trying to get a feel for it. My day job is one as a Senior Systems/Network Manager of a 7000-10000 user ISP in south-eastern Ontario, Canada. I use FreeBSD 4.3-5.0 in production for some (incomplete list) of the following: web hosting (apache) ftp (ftpd) smtp (sendmail) pop (popper) dns (bind) radius More specifically, I use FBSD 4.7 as our main perimiter firewall, just behind our cisco 3600 series router, which is connected to 3 full T-1 carrier lines. We outsource our spam mail filtering to Postini, and my special network mail routing system (that ensures all mail is actually filtered by postini by not allowing any mail from anyone except postini) is controlled and directed by 2 FBSD bridges, filtering the IP headers with IPFW. We also co-lo an entire windows network for another hosting provider, and the way our webstats config is set up (for the windows hosted domains), the sql box is inside of the co-lo's 'boxed' network. Another 5.0 bridge connects our webstats webserver to the sql box, and only those 2 machines can speak to each other, with no other traffic able to reach the sql box (of which, unfortunatly is running MSSQL(not my choice)). This was to prevent the colos sql box from being hit by the recent worm. I also am a freelance IT consultant, who has built a business that houses 3-4 contract type employees. I have successfully and actively use FBSD in many of my own network situations, as well as for my clients. Things such as IPSec gateways for 802.11b, proxy servers, name servers, nat boxes and you know how the list goes on and on. I would like to hear about what other ISP tech's are doing with FreeBSD, and also what type of questions should be asked on this list. (ISP Tech questions, or ISP business type questions). Nice to meet y'all! Tks, Steve Bertrand To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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