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<h1>FreeBSD was designed for the Internet</h1>
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<blockquote><p>FreeBSD includes what many consider the <i>reference</i> implementation
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for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it
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ideal for network applications and the Internet.</p></blockquote>
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<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD
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supports standard TCP/IP protocols.</font></font>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Share filesystems with NFS</li>
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<li>Distribute network information with NIS</li>
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<li>Support remote logins</li>
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<li>Do remote SNMP configuration and management</li>
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<li>Serve files with FTP</li>
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<li>Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND</li>
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<li>Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines</li>
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<li>Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC into a World Wide Web server or Usenet
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news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you
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can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and,
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with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines
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running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server
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networking (using an <a href="http://www.netcon.com/">optional commercial
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package</a>), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.
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</p>
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<p>FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the <a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1323.html">RFC-1323</a>
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high performance extension and <a href="http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1644.html">RFC-1644</a>
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extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It is an operating
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system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems
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administrator.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">FreeBSD's
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networking is stable and fast.</font></font>
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<blockquote>
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<p>If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and offers the
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best performance under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few
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of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CD-ROM</a> outside of
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San Francisco runs one of the most popular <a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/">FTP server</a>s
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on the net, one that supports over 2500 simultaneous connections. Their server
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is a single FreeBSD machine, transferring more than 7 terabytes
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(as of November, 1997; yes
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that is <i>terabytes</i>!) worth of files every month. The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wcarchive.txt">configuration
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details</a> are available to those interested in building simililar
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systems.</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Inc.</a> runs the ultimate index
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of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about
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the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo,
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rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.</li>
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<li>If that is not enough, visit our <a href="&base/gallery/gallery.html">Gallery</a>
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of satisfied FreeBSD users.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Company-wide or world-wide WWW service</li>
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<li>Proxy WWW service</li>
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<li>Anonymous FTP service</li>
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<li>Enterprise file and print services</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The FreeBSD <a href="&base/ports/index.html">ports collection</a>
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contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet
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server.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<hr align="left" noshade="noshade" width="100%"><font color="#FF0000"><font size="+1">High
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performance <em>and</em> security.</font></font>
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<blockquote>
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<p>The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they
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are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP firewalling,
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as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate
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servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as
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a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.</p>
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<p>Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption
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and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export
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restrictions).</p>
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<p>Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating
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security information and bug reports with a
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<a href="mailto:security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG">security officer</a> and
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ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team
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(<a href="http://www.cert.org/">CERT</a>).</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h2>What experts have to say . . .</h2>
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<p><i>``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable
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TCP/IP stack in existence ...''</i></p>
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<div align="right"><p>---Michael O'Brien, <i>SunExpert </i>August 1996 volume
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7 number 8.</p></div>
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</blockquote>
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