Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 01:40:09 +0100 From: "Kastaki" <kastaki@ganbert.com> To: <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: UNIX and Networking Message-ID: <012401c152b6$72bb7d60$6760ff3e@computer> References: <003401c15122$c4b63d20$2260ff3e@computer> <000901c1519c$a7845460$0901a8c0@claus> <014201c15260$6bf15280$5560ff3e@computer> <3BC5DC01.3D4D69FA@mindless.com>
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> On a server, the more workload you can take off the CPU the better, > that way it has more time to handle the management tasks and heavy > lifting. This kills software modems for any server. Second, because > FreeBSD is even less of a desktop OS than Linux, people who do use > FreeBSD as their desktop are definitely hardcore sub-species of geek. > Thus the users and, more importantly, those who can write the drivers, > already know better than to go anywhere near a software modem. I know this might sound really stupid, but how do you use UNIX in a networking environment??? I mean, take Win2K, you can install a DOMAIN CONTROLLER and you have all your users log in to a domain, and it makes life much easier as an administrator, you can set security policies, you can virtually control their life from 9 till 5......as long as they LOG INTO THE DC....but if they log in as local users (if they are allowed), then they will have no access to the network.... Yes, I agree UNIX is more stable, it can run Web Servers or Mail servers more efficiently, it can run File and Print Servers and most of the time it can run Application Servers, such as Oracle on Sun Servers - but my question is, how do you administer the network as far as your users as concerned? If your users are using Win2K Professional desktops and you are running UNIX servers, then they obviously log into their desktops as local users, and if they want to use that Oracle DB, they can double click an icon on their desktop and that starts a shell at the UNIX server, but how can you control their desktops from your UNIX Box - or do you have to have a DC somewhere in your networking environment? Bearing in mind that 80% of security breaches are internal!! I guess what I am trying to ask is can Unix live without Microsoft or Novell as far as authentication is concerned? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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