FreeBSD and Apache, is it safe out of the box ?

[Darran]

Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> wrote:

> 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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Thanks for the reply Mike,

I currently use FreeBSD on my laptop so i have some experience of running it and
building the world etc etc, i think the question really boiled down to is it
safe to run it after an install and minor configuration and i believe that at
this point it is ..
Thanks

Darran
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