Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:08:16 +0500 From: "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> To: <christopherp@ceconet.com>, <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: A Newbie Question Message-ID: <001201c1cb8b$9e8a4900$cfc801ca@warhawk> In-Reply-To: <F1B859C0CEE3D31181400004AC965750E558C3@CECOEXCNG5>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd- > newbies@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Christopher C Parrish > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 1:15 AM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: A Newbie Question > > 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. > I do not have the money for the licenses needed for Microsoft > Products. I have several computers that I will be able to upgrade > and use as is without the need to purchase new ones. The machines > are all PPros with 128 megs of ram and 4 gig hard drives. I have > just purchased a Box Set of 4.4 along with the Toolkit and Greg > Langhey's Book. I have also purchased Mrs. Anderson's Book > as well. 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? I have > enough extra machines, I think, to setup various servers if needed. > 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. I will be doing all of the setting up and testing myself > at home before I take > the system live at the office. The main reason for me using > FreeBSD in this > application is that I have read that it is Bomb Proof. It may take > some doing to learn BSD, but it is worth the time. Again, thanks > for your time and if I posted in the wrong list, my apologies. > > Christopher Parrish > Possible options to explore, in addition to what you've suggested, which, btw are good ideas. I've put the software suggested to do each in brackets. Note that these are just recommendations, and you should feel free to explore other options. O DNS Cache (BIND, built-in) O HTTP Proxy/Cache (Squid) O NFS (built-in), or similar for remote mounting home directories so that your users can move between different PC's and have their files follow them automagically. O Intrusion detection system (Snort). Possible on it's own ultra-secure host, if you are willing to invest the time and effort. O An X Client (XFree86) - Can be a right pain in the butt to setup sometimes, or you might get lucky. I've had mixed experiences. - Note the the client/server meanings are swapped around for X, meaning the Big machine in the rack is the client, and what's on your desktop is a server. Read up about it on the xfree86 website and the freebsd handbook. O A webserver (apache) with CGI's to use for collaboration (Shared calendars etc) There's a whole world of stuff just waiting to be done. My advice to you, if you get stuck, read the docco, google the web, and try, try again, and if all else fails, ask someone :) Welcome aboard. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBPJD1HxY2HTS0XwU2EQKQoQCgoQBErWGfvNK05LhQTrZVEuEZPocAn2rX V77icdM6iaM4Kyx521K7wiso =AjGH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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