FreeBSD can be used as a powerful server platform to host any kind of service you need to run an internet server (for example WWW, DNS, FTP, and Mail). Some of the services are already in the base system, while others can be easily installed from ports system. The only thing you need to do is to modify some basic configuration parameters for each service and start the service application. In most cases, the application comes with a default configuration template that mostly fits your basic needs. However, for a high performance and secure setup, you need to spend some time to get more familiar with the configuration of each specific application, and tweak the configuration to suit your environment.
Network Administration with FreeBSD 7
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<p>This book is a guide to FreeBSD for network administrators; therefore it does not cover basic installation and configuration of FreeBSD, but is about using FreeBSD to build, secure, and maintain networks.<br /><br />After introducing the basic tools for monitoring the performance and security of the system the book moves on to cover using jails—FreeBSD virtual environments—to virtually run multiple instances of FreeBSD on the same hardware. Then it shows how to overcome the different bottlenecks that you may meet depending on the services you are running by tweaking different parameters to maintain a high performance from your FreeBSD server. Next it covers using the ifconfig utility to configure interfaces with different layer protocols and about connectivity testing and debugging tools. After covering using User PPP or Kernel PPP for Point-to-Point Protocol network configuration it explains basic IP forwarding in FreeBSD and the use of the built-in routing daemons, routed and route6d, which support RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPng, and RDISC. Next it covers the OpenOSPFD and OpenBGPD daemons that you can install to run OSPF and BGP on your host. Then it covers setup and configuration of IPFW and PF, and finally looks at some important internet services and how to set them up on your FreeBSD server.</p>
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Network Administration with FreeBSD 7
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
Free Chapter
System Configuration—Disks
System Configuration—Keeping it Updated
System Configuration—Software Package Management
System Configuration—System Management
System Configuration—Jails
System Configuration—Tuning Performance
Network Configuration—Basics
Network Configuration—Tunneling
Network Configuration—PPP
Network Configuration—Routing and Bridging
Network Configuration—IPv6
Network Configuration—Firewalls
Network Services—Internet Servers
Network Services—Local Network Services
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