From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jun 25 19:37:03 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D9315D55B6 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:37:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netsecurity@sound-by-design.com) Received: from lhvm02.lizardhill.com (lhvm02.lizardhill.com [64.27.2.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C39C072788 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from netsecurity@sound-by-design.com) Received: from [76.217.50.227] (helo=[192.168.2.4]) by lhvm02.lizardhill.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hfrFN-0000jV-QB; Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:36:53 -0700 Subject: Re: I've got a major question... To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20190625070940.d5170f2e.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Allen Schaaf Message-ID: Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:36:57 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190625070940.d5170f2e.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 190625-2, 06/25/2019), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Authenticated-Id: netsecurity@sound-by-design.com X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: C39C072788 X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of netsecurity@sound-by-design.com designates 64.27.2.117 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=netsecurity@sound-by-design.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.31 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sound-by-design.com]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.00)[0.002,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mail.sound-by-design.com]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[117.2.27.64.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.78)[-0.784,0]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.15)[0.150,0]; IP_SCORE(0.64)[asn: 35916(3.24), country: US(-0.06)]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:35916, ipnet:64.27.0.0/19, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 19:37:03 -0000 On 6/24/2019 10:09 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:32:02 -0700, Allen Schaaf wrote: >> The issues are that we have to be able to connect to external >> systems, corporate credit unions, ADP payroll, Mercury Mod >> (record keeping) and our burglar alarm system as well as a couple >> of other smaller systems. > How do you connect to those? I assume the majority of services > offer a web interface, so any web browser should be fine as long > as the provider wasn't too stupid in implementing the servers > (cf. messed up browser brand and version detection instead of > reasonable feature detection). > > It might be possible that you will be required to run certain > programs that are only available for current "Windows" versions. > Test them with wine first. In some cases, this will work, if > the program is not that obese or picky. ;-) I'm not familiar with wine. Where would you suggest I get the info needed? >> I'm not sure about how to go about >> making sure that the system we will operate at our end will >> connect to their end so I'm looking for some help and advice. > My free advice is to test first. Build a test system with FreeBSD > and make a checklist of all things that need to work. Test them, > first with native solutions, and if those don't exist ("We do not > support this 'Linux', we have no idea what it is.") try wine. In > worst case, a virtualized environment for one specific application > can also be helpful; data exchange can happen via virtual network. Absolutely. My goal is to test in parallel for at least a couple of months. It's a bit tricky to do this as one can not enter the data twice. My thinking is to, first of all, create a couple of duplicate accounts - same person but assigned a different account number with a note as to which one is entered with which system. > >> Can you suggest people to connect to as well as a path forward? > I'm sure there are providers of FreeBSD consulting services reading > this list who will be able to offer you a good deal. Thanks, Allen --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus