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<!ENTITY date "$Date: 1996-09-28 22:17:32 $">
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<!ENTITY title "About FreeBSD">
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<TITLE>About FreeBSD's Internetworking</TITLE>
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<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Sean Kelly">
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<BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#800080" ALINK="#FF0000">
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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 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's 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 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 resistant
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to crashes 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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<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 1200 simultaneous connections. Their server
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is a single FreeBSD machine, transfering over 2 terabytes (yes that's
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<I>terabytes</I>!) worth of files every month.</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's not enough, visit our <A HREF="&base/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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<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 WIDTH="100%"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><FONT SIZE="+1">High
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performance <em>and</em> security.</FONT></FONT>
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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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