Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:43:26 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> To: henryammons@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Server weekend Message-ID: <3A9D46CE.21FECA9B@mail.iowna.com> References: <20010228183212.40428.qmail@web5406.mail.yahoo.com>
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Henry Ammons wrote: > > The server is connected to the Internet via a DSL > > static ip connection and I initially want to provide > > the following services (no X): Web, Secure Telnet, > > Email, Secure FTP, and network software (NAT, > > firewall, proxy) Use IPFW & natd (part of the base install) for firewall/proxy/nat. Unless you want a caching proxy for web pages, then use squid. If you mean ssh (secure telent/ftp) it will be installed by default in the base system if you install 4.2 or later. > > I believe I will run qmail as my mail server, and > > Apache as the web server. Good choices. > > Is there a list of software/binaries that you would > > recommend that provides a good balance between > > loading > > everything and a minimalist approach? Also, do you > > recommend the Novice installation from the > > sysinstall > > program? I'd stick with just what you describe above and add things later if you find you need them. > > And lastly, what servers do you recommend for each > > service? I tried postfix in an earlier life > > (Linux), > > but kind of prefer qmail based only on what others > > have said (no personal experience). qmail is excellent, but I've found sendmail/qpopper to work very well too. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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