From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 9 20:37:46 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87771FD9; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:37:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65483210A; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:37:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r79KbklW013886; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:37:46 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r79KbkN2013885; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:37:46 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201308092037.r79KbkN2013885@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 20:37:46 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42525 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 20:37:46 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Fri Aug 9 20:37:45 2013 New Revision: 42525 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42525 Log: Clarify, improve language and tags. Committed version is a modified version of patch included in PR, thanks to Ken Reed. PR: docs/181117 Submitted by: Ken Reed Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Thu Aug 8 17:21:07 2013 (r42524) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.xml Fri Aug 9 20:37:45 2013 (r42525) @@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ Synopsis - This chapter will cover some of the more frequently used - network services on &unix; systems. We will cover how to - install, configure, test, and maintain many different types of - network services. Example configuration files are included - throughout this chapter for you to benefit from. + This chapter covers some of the more frequently used + network services on &unix; systems. This includes + installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining + many different types of network services. Example + configuration files are included throughout this + chapter for reference. - After reading this chapter, you will know: + By the end of this chapter, readers will know: @@ -38,11 +39,13 @@ - How to set up a network file system. + How to set up the Network File System + (NFS). - How to set up a network information server for sharing + How to set up the Network Information Server + (NIS) for centralizing and sharing user accounts. @@ -52,27 +55,23 @@ - How to set &os; up to act as an LDAP - server or client - - - How to set up automatic network settings using - DHCP. + DHCP. - How to set up a domain name server. + How to set up a Domain Name Server + (DNS). How to set up the Apache - HTTP Server. + HTTP Server. - How to set up a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - Server. + How to set up a File Transfer Protocol + (FTP) server. @@ -82,7 +81,8 @@ How to synchronize the time and date, and set up a - time server, with the NTP protocol. + time server using the Network Time Protocol + (NTP). @@ -93,20 +93,19 @@ - Before reading this chapter, you should: + This chapter assumes a basic knowledge of: - Understand the basics of the - /etc/rc scripts. + /etc/rc scripts. - Be familiar with basic network terminology. + Network terminology. - Know how to install additional third-party + Installation of additional third-party software (). @@ -167,20 +166,14 @@ inetd is initialized through the &man.rc.8; system. The inetd_enable option is set to - NO by default, but may be turned on - by sysinstall during installation, - depending on the configuration chosen by the user. - Placing: + NO by default. It can be enabled + by placing: inetd_enable="YES" - or - - inetd_enable="NO" - into - /etc/rc.conf will enable or disable - inetd starting at boot time. + /etc/rc.conf. + inetd will now start at boot time. The command: &prompt.root; service inetd rcvar @@ -512,14 +505,15 @@ server-program-arguments - Some daemons are not security-conscious and have long, or - non-existent, timeouts for connection attempts. This allows - an attacker to slowly send connections to a particular daemon, - thus saturating available resources. It may be a good idea to - place , - or - limitations on certain - daemons if there are too many connections. + Some daemons are not security-conscious and have long or + non-existent timeouts for connection attempts. An attacker + can send connections to a particular daemon, eventually + consuming available resources and resulting in a Denial of + Service (DoS). + max-connections-per-ip-per-minute, + max-child and + max-child-per-ip can be used to limit + such attacks. By default, TCP wrapping is turned on. Consult the &man.hosts.access.5; manual page for more information on