From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 3 00:19:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AE1A1065672 for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f199.google.com (mail-px0-f199.google.com [209.85.216.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 102EA8FC0A for ; Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by pxi37 with SMTP id 37so562556pxi.3 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=9BCjqkT+uJQ4xMwMLpWOmJkBDc1S9go4LFliP5F9jvg=; b=idqVf6XE4wGQhy652cIAgA5juK3M/ncL+b8u8Rg1ET+Szaj9Izo2zpbNa050ViLIQw mgHUjSZwY7x8tD1hcSBfRXi16GyYTEwSAU41y1oGCUZNY7q1qSypSZQ9rsaWzM/CLKgr e31a6IvSpT92Se6KOpiO+ND27JZ9yrCUoTPAc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=PnQJdCiSDUPrPuvCLxr3uHwVn5/lKZ2xD0SKEJkDckpfwdAWBi3f2qkA8kPW3BZew5 Kfm0sp6bfVgOO8W8AsMcpFZtd2DnB39xfqr7eqf8oCNa3nhhTgDJS1NZ8AoZx118mPTy PFUyvQ7c9ot35oWN+3FyWYePuRn/1EOrth23c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.155.8 with SMTP id c8mr114360wfe.324.1243988348775; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:19:08 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: madunix Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:19:10 -0000 On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 08:12, madunix wrote: > Dear Experts, That's an incorrect assumption! Heh. No expert me... > I want to know out of your experience people the following, > 1- How open source served your businesses =C2=A0requirements? Low cost implementations of useful tools for spam/virus mitigation and network monitoring, plus a network gateway. > 2- What kind of application that running on Open Source? Maia Mailguard (including postfix, mysql, clamav, spamassassin), ntop, netdisco, mrtg, nagios and a few others. Built a gateway/router with a whitebox, FreeBSD and 3 dual-port NICS to segregate our production network from our test/dev networks. Built a router with a Sangoma card and a white box for our DS3 and T1 connections. > 3- General experience with Open Source technology? In what sense do you ask? > Your input would be really appreciated. Turn about is fair play, methinks. For what purpose(s) are you asking the question? Kurt