From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jan 28 03:26:47 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA00459 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 03:26:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from paprika.michvhf.com (paprika.michvhf.com [209.57.60.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA00454 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 03:26:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vev@michvhf.com) Received: (qmail 28401 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Jan 1999 11:26:45 -0000 Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 06:26:45 -0500 (EST) From: Vince Vielhaber To: Shawn Workman cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Migration to FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Shawn Workman wrote: > I currently work for a company that has a small lan( 15 machines total ) and we > are adding a T1 line in a month or so. I proposed to my boss that we should > use FreeBSD and NATd allong with a kernel built with IP forwarding as our > gateway to the internet accross the T1. > > The machine we are currently using as a gateway is our main file server (not my > choice) it is a PII 400Mhz with 128 MB ram and a 9.1GB UW SCSI 3 drive running > NT 4.0. > > My boss is foolishly considering running our current file services on this > machine as well as a web server and a SMTP server for our site and a few others > that we are going to host on site. This is the same machine that all of our > sensitive company information is on. > > I am looking for advice on how to approach him with the option of FreeBSD. He > loves M$ and was getting ready to dump 1000 on MS Proxy 2.0 when I stopped him > and pointed him toward the aVirt Gateway server.. > > I have mentioned to him, every time we add a new machine or other component to > our network, that FreeBSD could do it better and without client license issues > or costs. He just looks at me and says "Isn't that what you run at home?" so I > say yes, and tell hime it is awesome and less crash prone than NT and if it > does crash it is almost always something the Administrator messed up, or a > first time user.. > > I really want to implement FreeBSD in our system not only as our gateway but > also as our networks file servers.. > > Any advice will be greatly appreciated... Hand him some printouts from BUGTRAQ and remind him the sensitive company info is on that machine. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null # include TEAM-OS2 Online Searchable Campground Listings http://www.camping-usa.com "There is no outfit less entitled to lecture me about bloat than the federal government" -- Tony Snow ========================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message