Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:07:59 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joe Raine <questav@questronix.com.au>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewall? Message-ID: <19980929150759.N15172@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199809290400.OAA20985@oznet14.ozemail.com.au>; from Joe Raine on Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 02:13:22PM %2B1000 References: <199809290400.OAA20985@oznet14.ozemail.com.au>
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On Tuesday, 29 September 1998 at 14:13:22 +1000, Joe Raine wrote: > Hi, > My company intends to become its own internet provider and I realise that > we have a lot of learning to do! I have had a look at MS NT4 Server with MS > Backoffice, but it costs a bomb and basically crippled an otherwise OK > Pentium 120MHz machine (Boy, did it slow down!!). > > I have been getting the FreeBSD newsletters for a while and have to admit > that they go straight over my head on the whole, but some info sticks, so > there's hope for me yet :) > > It looks like FreeBSD is fast and efficient. My questions... > > 1. Is the learning curve horrendous for someone who is only versed in DOS > and Windows? Difficult to say. It depends on you, and it depends on what you consider horrendous. Others have done it, and I personally think that I can understand the stuff better than Microsoft. Take heart, anyway: it's not insurmountable. > 2. Will there be any compatibility problems integrating a FreeBSD machine > into a Win'95 peer-to-peer network? Doubtless. Depending on what you want to do, they could be easy or not-so-easy to solve. Again, it's been done many times. > 3. Does FreeBSD have a firewall built-in or is that available as a > similarly-priced add-on? Yes. There are a couple on the distribution CDs. They're technically add-ons. > 4. We want to offer on-line transaction facilities eventually. Is FreeBSD > up to the task, especially in regard to security issues? Yes. > 5. I would prefer to purchase the CD-ROM version of FreeBSD, is a printed > manual also available? There's "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). It's expensive to ship from the USA (1600 pages); I can send you a copy if you want. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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