Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:46:26 -0800 From: "Patrick Fish" <patrick@pwhsnet.com> To: "Johnson David" <djohnson@acuson.com>, <christopherp@ceconet.com>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: A Newbie Question Message-ID: <007401c1cae0$e90ca690$0300a8c0@zeus> References: <F1B859C0CEE3D31181400004AC965750E558C3@CECOEXCNG5> <20020313212015.3600737B41A@hub.freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Perhaps you shuold play around with BSD for a while. I'm 13 years old, going on 14in May, selling shells for eggdrops to webhosting (domains included). If I I could doit, im sure you could. I run FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE on a box that I put together myself, it serves as my LAN gateway and server. Good luck. Patrick Fish - patrick at pwhsnet dot com PWHS Networks - http://www.pwhsnet.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson David" <djohnson@acuson.com> To: <christopherp@ceconet.com>; <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 1:20 PM Subject: Re: A Newbie Question > On Wednesday 13 March 2002 12:14 pm, Christopher C Parrish wrote: > > This may need to be in the Question list, but, I am a Newbie > > looking for guidance. I am getting ready to start a small > > company. > > If YOU are the one starting this company, then perhaps you need to > think about hiring an admin. Since you used the word "company" > instead of "business", I can only assume that it will be big > enough to hire specialized employees, so make the system's > administrator one of them. If it will be a small business instead > (less than ten employees), then I would recommend hiring a > temporary contractor to set up the network. > > Regardless, as a business owner, you have much more important > things to worry about than your network. You need to worry about > making money. Unless your business is centered around this > network, let other people handle it. You'll make more money > beating the bushes for business than you will spend hiring someone > to get your network set up. > > Of course, you DO want to know a lot about your network. You can't > just offload that responsibility. But try to keep a healthy > perspective. > > > Will these two books be everything I need to setup my LAN > > for everybody to be able to get mail and surf the net from time > > to time? > > Yes...but. Yes these books along with the Handbook on the CD will > be enough to set up a network. But, systems administration is not > a cookbook affair. It is a continual process of education. There > will be specialized topics you will eventually need to know that > just aren't covered in enough detail in general texts. This > information can be found in a variety of sources, many of them > free. > > > If I need to setup multiple servers, which ones will they be and > > why will I need them? The ones I think I will need are a > > firewall and a mail server. > > Frankly, without seeing your business plan, I don't have a clue as > to your needs. For many businesses a single server is more than > adequate. In fact, you might not even NEED any servers. > > > The main reason for me using FreeBSD > > in this application is that I have read that it is Bomb Proof. > > Nothing in this world is bomb proof. FreeBSD is vastly more secure > and stable than Windows, but it isn't perfect. You can't just set > up a FreeBSD network (or any network for that matter) and then > ignore it. If you're concerned about security, then you (or your > admin) will need to keep up with the security advisories. > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBPI/Wv/X9MYyVFIV4EQJrFwCglPUF2sjPbVbwRKTMLDxhIPN+8bsAn1Z1 37NO/OCgkKw1tohgWby0PXLf =SOgr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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