New Server
Hello, I have been using linux for a long while now, but in all my time using it for server etc, I have never built a box specificically for linux. All my boxes have been old PCs etc, old systems slapped together. I am building a server for my buiness, I want to run apache/mail/firewall/router etc. I would to spilt it over 2 boxes but dont have a large bugdet at the moment. I am looking for recommendations on chipsets/mobo etc that work well with debian. Normally, I would use anything and just make it work, but if I am gonna spend money I may as well get the best performance I can. I was thinking of an athlon based system, but could be tempeted over to intel. I am not looking for a very expensive system, just a single processor will do fine. For my needs I dont think I will go down the scsi route with IDE as fast as it is nowadays. Any advice would be great. Thanks Pete Bainbridge
Protecting my data
Hello, Thanks for your all your advice about linux hardware etc. I am looking for some advice regarding securing data on my server. Basically I am building a server for my business, and I want my small number of users to be able to upload and download sensitive information from my server over the internet. I have experience with many ftp server, etc, but not secure services. My users are all running windows boxes. The files will be all sizes, anything up to 1 gig each, maybe more. Ideally I would also like the data encrypted on the server as well, to protect from any kind of hacking etc. I have have used pgp for windows and i like the idea of my users having secure keys they can use to dycrypt the data. Are they any good open source versions of PGP and can a similar system be used in my case. Any adivce you can give me would be very much apprecated. Pete Bainbridge
