Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:04:42 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: Yance Kowara <yance_kowara@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD howto collection Message-ID: <200509061204.57264.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050906101228.78411.qmail@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20050906101228.78411.qmail@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--nextPart1721229.Tzkmq8sxo4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 06 September 2005 02:12 am, Yance Kowara wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I am looking for a good article or collection of > > > howtos or something similar to Ted's FreeBSD > > > > Corporate > > > > > Networker's Guide. > > > > > > A book similar to Carla Schroder's Linux Cookbook > > (http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?XmlId=3D0596006403) > > > > is very nice and practical to follow. > > > > > > I am given a task to design a small business > > > > network > > > > > solution using FreeBSD. It needs a gateway, > > > > firewall, > > > > > mail, proxy server, etc. > > > > > > What is available (what I can find) are different > > > howtos implemented in different situations. > > > > > > Any pointers appreciated. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > Yance Kowara > > > > I found "The Complete FreeBSD by Greg Lehey" > > invaluable when I was starting > > out in FreeBSD. Also the OReilly book "Building > > Internet Firewalls" was very > > helpful. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Beech > > I have those books. I was hoping there is a FreeBSD > book that includes the installation of other mail/dns > servers like DJBDNS/qmail/postfix etc. > > I am wondering why we get a lot more varieties on > Linux solutions compared to FreeBSD. Are there more > Linux gurus than FreeBSD gurus out there or are people > just not interested in writing anymore? > > Kind regards, > > Yance > There are some excellent FAQs and how-to's at http://www.postfix.org. If=20 postfix is installed from the ports it is fairly trivial to set up. The=20 respective add-on programs (like spam assassin) have very good documentatio= n.=20 There seems to be a new OReilly Postfix book, but I haven't read it so I=20 can't comment on how useful it is.=20 Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart1721229.Tzkmq8sxo4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDHfZpVq19LUoGB+MRAvyzAJ4kx7ySrdob0ZwuLtHF0JMsA9+srACguh2g oGD1sKDL5njnD6hxpJO6cwk= =7gsB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1721229.Tzkmq8sxo4--
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