Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:36:21 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: "Darran" <darranc@deejc.net>, "FreeBSD Mailing List" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Apache, is it safe out of the box ? Message-ID: <200803071734.m27HYFCf014595@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <jxde08.ricrhn@webmail.deejc.net> References: <200803071637.aa04380@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <47D16FA5.5070008@scottevil.com> <jxde08.ricrhn@webmail.deejc.net>
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At 12:02 PM 3/7/2008, Darran wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I want to run a (FreeBSD 7) server facing the internet and running Apache and
>wondered if its safe out of the box .. so to speak ?
Yes, today it is. But that does not necessarily mean you will not
need to do updates, apply patches, perhaps change your configuration
to deal with new threats. In my experience, FreeBSD makes the later
part easier than Windows or Linux (IMHO and experience)
>Do i have to do a degree in configuration to allow it to face the wild west
>(internet) ?
>I also want to use it for storage of media and serving of media ..
>using windows
>and freebsd clients .. is it possible .. again .. out of the box ?
If you mean turn it on, click a few buttons and "it works" ? no. You
will need to install and configure samba and apache.
e.g.
cd /usr/ports/net/samba3;make install
will get the application installed, but you still need to configure
it and later maintain it. With Windows, I find you can initially get
things working without understanding how it works. But when you run
into problems, you wont understand how to fix them. In general I find
with FreeBSD, you are expected to understand some basics, but you are
then better prepared to understand the problems you will face in
running a server....
That being said, the defaults FreeBSD 7.0 it comes with are pretty
sane and you should be able to get going quickly to the point where
you are doing "stuff"
---Mike
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