From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 7 18:43:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D32C1065674 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:43:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darranc@deejc.net) Received: from smtp-out-57.livemail.co.uk (smtp-out-60.livemail.co.uk [213.171.216.60]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB4E8FC22 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:43:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darranc@deejc.net) Received: from Postfix filter 42a77884ce2a0a03efc6bb50a6dcdb20 (smtp-out-57.livemail.co.uk [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-57.livemail.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 0A81E20783F for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:43:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from webmail.deejc.net (mail213-171-216-230.livemail.co.uk [213.171.216.230]) by smtp-out-57.livemail.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id B82B220783D; Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:43:10 +0000 (GMT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: livemail.co.uk Webmail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200803071734.m27HYFCf014595@lava.sentex.ca> References: <200803071637.aa04380@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <47D16FA5.5070008@scottevil.com> <200803071734.m27HYFCf014595@lava.sentex.ca> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:43:10 +0000 From: "Darran" To: Mike Tancsa , "Darran" , "FreeBSD Mailing List" X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Apache, is it safe out of the box ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:43:13 -0000 Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 12:02 PM 3/7/2008, Darran wrote: > >Hello all, > > > >I want to run a (FreeBSD 7) server facing the internet and running Apache and > >wondered if its safe out of the box .. so to speak ? > Yes, today it is. But that does not necessarily mean you will not > need to do updates, apply patches, perhaps change your configuration > to deal with new threats. In my experience, FreeBSD makes the later > part easier than Windows or Linux (IMHO and experience) > > > >Do i have to do a degree in configuration to allow it to face the wild west > >(internet) ? > >I also want to use it for storage of media and serving of media .. > >using windows > >and freebsd clients .. is it possible .. again .. out of the box ? > > > If you mean turn it on, click a few buttons and "it works" ? no. You > will need to install and configure samba and apache. > e.g. > cd /usr/ports/net/samba3;make install > > will get the application installed, but you still need to configure > it and later maintain it. With Windows, I find you can initially get > things working without understanding how it works. But when you run > into problems, you wont understand how to fix them. In general I find > with FreeBSD, you are expected to understand some basics, but you are > then better prepared to understand the problems you will face in > running a server.... > > That being said, the defaults FreeBSD 7.0 it comes with are pretty > sane and you should be able to get going quickly to the point where > you are doing "stuff" > > ---Mike > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks for the reply Mike, I currently use FreeBSD on my laptop so i have some experience of running it and building the world etc etc, i think the question really boiled down to is it safe to run it after an install and minor configuration and i believe that at this point it is .. Thanks Darran http://www.deejc.net