Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
