Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 11:49:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com> To: "Mr. Anthony Capone" <capone@cap1.net> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Books Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970913110514.2038D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <05395437100280@cap1.net>
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On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Mr. Anthony Capone wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book for setting up Freebsd as a Server for > ISPs. Eg, dialup clients with authenication via RADIUS, setting up ppp, > dns, with static and dynamic ppp routes and so on... > > Thanks, > > Anthony Capone - capone@cap1.net > CEO/Network Anaylst > Cap1 Online > Sales - sales@cap1.net > Techincal Support - support@cap1.net > Phone (416) 241-9092 Fax (416) 241-9092 > ** Toronto's Newest Internet Service ** > This is my OPINION. Feel free to add your opinions, but flames >/dev/null. I don't think books on this subject are very practical. Things change pretty quickly. If you break down the task into smaller questions, and ask for pointers to FAQs and tar distributions (most have pretty good readmes and install info), you'll be able to get what you need. Join any mail lists for the software and equipment you use and ask for help, but rt any fms, of course before you do. Get the system up on your network first, then get the other services going piecemeal, read the man pages, FAQs, etc... If a fairly comprehensive, up to date reference exists, I'd like to know about it so I can give it to my junior SAs. This is geek city and you need to get good at extracting the latest from mailing lists and ftp distributions. I use some of the ports and packages, but I have developed a strategy for managing change that I haven't been comfortable placing in the hands of any OS vendor. OS upgrades are a pain in the a** and most vendors don't spend much time making sure you get it done without considerable breakage. The exception to this are the zoo books from Orielly&Associates for things like DNS&Bind, sendmail and security topics. Books usually lag behind by a few releases and help build a knowlegde base, but IMNSHO you gotta have major hands-on the critical services to stay in step. I've probably gone overboard on the question, and the original poster may already know this, but managing change is arguably the MOST important task of the sysadmin. To properly do this over a sustained time period, and we all want to be in business for a long time, you have to know about everything else. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com
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