From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 28 21:01:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA01582 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:01:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oznet14.ozemail.com.au (oznet14.ozemail.com.au [203.2.192.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA01538 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:01:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from questav@questronix.com.au) Received: from lab (slsyd52p19.ozemail.com.au [203.108.20.83]) by oznet14.ozemail.com.au (8.9.0/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA20985 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:00:49 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199809290400.OAA20985@oznet14.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: questav@questronix.com.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:13:22 +1000 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Joe Raine Subject: Firewall? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, My company intends to become its own internet provider and I realise that we have a lot of learning to do! I have had a look at MS NT4 Server with MS Backoffice, but it costs a bomb and basically crippled an otherwise OK Pentium 120MHz machine (Boy, did it slow down!!). I have been getting the FreeBSD newsletters for a while and have to admit that they go straight over my head on the whole, but some info sticks, so there's hope for me yet :) It looks like FreeBSD is fast and efficient. My questions... 1. Is the learning curve horrendous for someone who is only versed in DOS and Windows? 2. Will there be any compatibility problems integrating a FreeBSD machine into a Win'95 peer-to-peer network? 3. Does FreeBSD have a firewall built-in or is that available as a similarly-priced add-on? 4. We want to offer on-line transaction facilities eventually. Is FreeBSD up to the task, especially in regard to security issues? 5. I would prefer to purchase the CD-ROM version of FreeBSD, is a printed manual also available? I apologise in advance if I have asked some questions that might be answered by browsing your website, but spare time is a scarce commodity for me just now and I have not had enough of it to browse in a productive manner. Kind regards, Joe Raine. ================================================ QUESTRONIX - Quest Electronics P/L - Quest AV ------------------------------------------------ Please send all Mail to: P O Box 548, WAHROONGA, NSW, 2076, AUSTRALIA and all Deliveries to: 2/1 Leonard St, HORNSBY, NSW, 2077, AUSTRALIA Fax (Int'l +61 2) 9477 3681 Phone (Int'l +61 2) 9477 3596 ------------------------------------------------ Visitors by appointment only, call (02)9477 3596 ------------------------------------------------ Website... http://www.questronix.com.au/~questav ================================================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message