From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 20 18:42:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA10393 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:42:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA10375 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 18:42:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA13856; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:07:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199806210107.VAA13856@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: to good to be true In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980620160756.006af024@dowco.com> from John Blenkhorn at "Jun 20, 98 04:07:58 pm" To: valley@dowco.com (John Blenkhorn) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:07:38 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Blenkhorn wrote: > This operating system seems to be to good to be true! Well, it's been under continuous development since the mid 1970's. Chinese proverb: "Through hard work, an iron rod may be ground into a needle." > I would like to set up a server which is capable to handle ecommerce. Does > this system do so? Beats me. This sounds like an application issue, not an OS one. I can't help here. > I have a lot of knowledge about ms-dos but am nervous about a new operating > system I know nothing about. I am willing to learn and have been a quik Does the ability to sustain a few thousand simultaneous ftp connections ease that nervousness? www.cdrom.com uses it. :) Machines that sustain heavy loads for a few months without rebooting? > study in the past. I have heard alot of good things about your system and > am wondering if there are any pitfalls I should know about. Or changes in > the protocalls. language etc. I know microsoft has alot to answer for and Yeah, the BSD system works according to standards, unlike M$. People actually get nervous and complain if something is non-compliant. In the broader Unix world, noncompliance is considered a bug, not an advanced feature. The developers actually fix these bugs, too. > I should have been studying this along time ago. But it is never to late > to correct a mistake. Can you help me out? > Get some books, is my advice. Start with Greg Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD". (A text version ships on the official CD-ROM set). Then visit www.ora.com with deep pockets and pick up some of their fine publications related to Unix. THere's one with a title like "Essential ?? Administration ??". Also look at their "nutshell" series. These are very handy desk-top references. Avoid things that are Linux or SysV specific. (You might be led into doctrinal Error.) To learn it right, put it on a machine all by itself and hack away for a few months. Set it up in a variety of ways... try various applications, try to make it wedge, etc etc, play with it. For a real hoot, put it on a 386, and kick yourself for not using it earlier. Later, turn the 386 into a firewall. Dave -- http://www.microsoft.com/security: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message