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From: jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
To: drgboc@accnorwalk.com
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Subject: Re: setting up an isp on bsd
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:02:02 GMT
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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 21:10:43 -0500, drgboc@accnorwalk.com wrote:

>I am currently working as a PC technician for a medium sized
>office products company.  In '97 the company added the computer
>department.  We primarily sell and service PC's and printers but,
>against my wishes, we have started designing and hosting web pages on
>our LAN's NT server via our T-1.  The inherent security risks to this
>arrangement alone scares the wits out of me on a regular basis.  I don't
>have the foggiest idea what can go wrong or how to go about preventing
>it.  Today, our CEO informed me that she wants to start an ISP by the
>second quarter...

Was it PT Barnum who said there's a sucker born every minute?

> Am I right in thinking FreeBSD can do the job?

Yep.

> Or am I just whistling Dixie?

I'm doing much the same as your Madame CEO, but I'm a computer
professional with 20 years experience, and I've devoted much of the
last year to learning FreeBSD.  

Any executive who tells one of their employees to suddenly jump in the
ISP ocean and swim is a fool.  But look on the bright side.  After you
try it for a year and your company loses its shirt, then you can put a
year's experience on your resume and go get a job at a real ISP.

John