From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 29 23:38:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atlas.dnai.com (atlas.dnai.com [207.181.194.95]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6F8F37B400 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:38:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from neptune.dnai.com (neptune.dnai.com [207.181.194.93]) by atlas.dnai.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA15881 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:38:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.122.225.125] (209-122-225-118.s118.apx1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com [209.122.225.118]) by neptune.dnai.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA23605 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:38:35 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: stevenl@pop.dnai.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 02:38:47 -0800 To: From: Steve Leibel Subject: Re: New to Unix Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1236541765==_ma============" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --============_-1236541765==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 10:56 PM -0800 11/29/00, Brian and Myrna wrote: >I am sure that you get a lot of these types of questions so here=20 >goes. I am completely new to Unix. I downloaded your software and=20 >had no trouble installing it. My question is, now that I have this=20 >stuff installed what do I do with it? In other words I realize that=20 >the free bsd will act as a firewall but other than that I don't know=20 >what to do with it. I have been looking at your manual a little bit=20 >but am not very confident in myself in regards to this type of=20 >stuff. I know this is very broad but do you get where I'am going?=20 >Please respond to=20 >mailto:bryhartline@hotmail.com > >PS.. > >This was extremely easy to install, it basically took care of itself=20 >and one other question. I went to two different sites to check my=20 >security after I installed this. The first site said my security=20 >wasd poor. It was able to open up my C drive, it was at=20 >http://www.robrob8.com/onl=20 >ine_security.htm. The second one gave me a great report and stated=20 >that my security was very good and it was at=20 >http://grc.com/. Any suggestions? I am eager to=20 >learn a little more about the Unix environment! > My favorite book for getting a beginner up to speed quickly on Unix=20 is called "Unix for the Impatient" by Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce R.=20 Larson. It's available on Barnes and Noble's website. It tells you=20 a little bit about everything. Another excellent book is "Learning the Unix Operating System" by=20 Grace Todino. It's intended to guide you from knowing nothing about=20 Unix to being able to get around the basic shell commands in one=20 sit-down session. Highly recommended. Steve --============_-1236541765==_ma============ Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 10:56 PM -0800 11/29/00, Brian and Myrna wrote: ArialI am sure that you get a lot of these types of questions so here goes. I am completely new to Unix. I downloaded your software and had no trouble installing it. My question is, now that I have this stuff installed what do I do with it? In other words I realize that the free bsd will act as a firewall but other than that I don't know what to do with it. I have been looking at your manual a little bit but am not very confident in myself in regards to this type of stuff. I know this is very broad but do you get where I'am going? Please respond to <mailto:bryhartline@hotmail.com =20 PS.. =20 This was extremely easy to install, it basically took care of itself and one other question. I went to two different sites to check my security after I installed this. The first site said my security wasd poor. It was able to open up my C drive, it was at <http://www.robrob8.com/online_s= ecurity.htm. The second one gave me a great report and stated that my security was very good and it was at <http://grc.com/. Any suggestions? I am eager to learn a little more about the Unix environment! =20 Arial My favorite book for getting a beginner up to speed quickly on Unix is called "Unix for the Impatient" by Paul W. Abrahams and Bruce R. Larson. It's available on Barnes and Noble's website. It tells you a little bit about everything. Another excellent book is "Learning the Unix Operating System" by Grace Todino. It's intended to guide you from knowing nothing about Unix to being able to get around the basic shell commands in one sit-down session. Highly recommended. Steve --============_-1236541765==_ma============-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message