RE: Debian for ISP

2004-11-16 Thread Darrel O7;Pry
> -Original Message- > From: Jacob S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Debian for ISP > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:15:24 -0700 > Omar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I have just took over a network

RE: Value of backup MX

2004-11-09 Thread Darrel O7;Pry
t bother me a bit, but a backup MX handling bounces or queing up tens of thousands of emails to hammer my mailstores(or in your case primaryMX) when they come back online, and using my resources to assist a spammer or DOS an innocent bystander is unacceptable. -- Darrel O'Pry Systems

RE: nscd: Was Re: long delays with LDAP nss/pam

2004-10-28 Thread Darrel O7;Pry
I've will agree with this whole heartedly. I've moved to using local dnscaches on most my smtp servers, and webservers that do DNSLookups with my network network dnscache acting as a root server for them. DNS traffic to and from my network has significantly dropped, along with request to my networ

RE: Defining ISP?

2004-09-16 Thread Darrel O7;Pry
Well I guess I'll try to start a discussion about what would be needed for an ISP distribution, and present a basic primer to how I run my systems as an example of needs or things to keep in mind developing an ISP distribution that can meet a wide variety of needs. I think it might be easier to