From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 05:02:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA13402 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 05:02:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po2.andrew.cmu.edu (PO2.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.102]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA13394 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 05:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from postman@localhost) by po2.andrew.cmu.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA02474 for freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:02:16 -0400 Received: via switchmail; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:02:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix28.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:01:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unix28.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:01:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.8.5.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.unix28.andrew.cmu.edu.HP9000.777 via MS.5.6.unix28.andrew.cmu.edu.hp700_ux90; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:01:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <0lQXee200YUf021UY0@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:01:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert N Watson To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as DNS In-Reply-To: <31702B77.C2D@kconline.com> References: <31702B77.C2D@kconline.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Excerpts from internet.computing.freebsd-questions: 13-Apr-96 FreeBSD as DNS Phil Lewis@kconline.com (376*) > We're a new ISP looking to put in our own DNS. We have a T-1 being > installed the 1st of May. I've heard many good things about FreeBSD. I > was wondering if you would have more specific info on how FreeBSD works > with the new Netscape server software. Is this even necessary? The other > area we are considering is NT but not sure about its stability. > Thanks for your input I'm relatively sure that the new FastTrack server software does not cover anything but NT (but don't quote me.) I know the old server software works great, because I'm currently testing Netscape Communications Server as an alternative to NCSA httpd 1.5.1 (which I installed a week or two ago, and discovered was extremely buggy), and it appears to run very well (slightly faster, and certainly more robust.) When it comes to running a web server, especially as an ISP trying to support a wide audience of users, I would always select BSD over NT. If you need NT file sharing support for 95/etc users, you might want to take a look at the Samba networking package (the install program gives you the opportunity to set this up, and if not, it should be available as a package in the networking subtree of the packages directory on ftp.cdrom.com). Using this setup, my users sabe their .html/etc directly to their home directory using Netscape Gold, and it instantly appears on their web page, no ftping, etc. A lot of people here suggest Apache, and I would agree that if money is an object (and it often is :), Apache would be preferable because it is free and offers much the same functionallity. I don't know, however, if it supports administration by means of the Netscape client, though.. The Netscape servers offer this very nice feature on all their servers, I think. But if you're running a BSD-style server, I'm sure you can handle modifying a text config file instead :). I use Apache on two systems I admin, and have been very impressed by its performance and quality. I still plan to run Netscape Communications Server as it is free for me since I am affiliated with an educational institution (CMU). Robert Watson rnw+@andrew.cmu.edu