FreeBSD includes what many consider the reference implementation for TCP/IP software, the 4.4 BSD TCP/IP protocol stack, thereby making it ideal for network applications and the Internet.
Like most UNIX systems, the FreeBSD operating system enables you to
- Share filesystems with NFS
- Distribute network information with NIS
- Support remote logins
- Do remote SNMP configuration and management
- Serve files with FTP
- Resolve Internet hostnames with DNS/BIND
- Route packets between multiple interfaces, including PPP and SLIP lines
- Use IP Multicast services (the MBONE)
FreeBSD lets you to turn a PC into a World Wide Web server or Usenet news relay with included software. Using the included SAMBA software you can even share filesystems or printers with your Win95 and NT machines and, with the supplied PCNFS authentication daemon, you can support machines running PC/NFS. FreeBSD also supports Appletalk and Novell client/server networking (using an optional commercial package), making it a true "Intranet" networking solution.
FreeBSD also handles TCP extensions like the RFC-1323 high performance extension and RFC-1644 extension for transactions, plus SLIP and dial-on-demand PPP. It is an operating system suitable for a home-based net surfer as well as a corporate systems administrator.
If you need an Internet server platform that is reliable and offers the best performance under heavy load, then consider FreeBSD. Here are just a few of the companies that make use of FreeBSD every day:
- Walnut Creek CD-ROM outside of San Francisco runs one of the most popular FTP servers -on the net, one that supports 1600 simultaneous connections. Their server -is a single FreeBSD machine, transferring between 2 and 3 terabytes (yes +on the net, one that supports over 2000 simultaneous connections. Their server +is a single FreeBSD machine, transferring between 3 and 4 terabytes (yes that is terabytes!) worth of files every month. The configuration details are available to those interested in building simililar systems.
- Yahoo Inc. runs the ultimate index of the Internet, serving scads of daily net surfers with information about the World Wide Web. Yahoo, as well the companies that advertise on Yahoo, rely on FreeBSD to run reliable and responsive web servers.
- If that is not enough, visit our Gallery of satisfied FreeBSD users.
FreeBSD makes an ideal platform for these and other Internet services:
- Company-wide or world-wide WWW service
- Proxy WWW service
- Anonymous FTP service
- Enterprise file and print services
The FreeBSD ports collection contains ready-to-run software that makes it easy to set up your own Internet server.
The FreeBSD development team is as concerned about security as they are about performance. FreeBSD includes kernel support for IP firewalling, as well other services, such as IP proxy gateways. If you put your corporate servers on the Internet, any 386 PC (or better) running FreeBSD can act as a network firewall to protect them from outside attack.
Encryption software, secure shells, Kerberos, end-to-end encryption and secure RPC facilities are also available (subject to export restrictions).
Furthermore, the FreeBSD team is proactive in detecting and disseminating security information and bug reports with a security officer and ties to the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
&footer; diff --git a/data/releases/snapshots.sgml b/data/releases/snapshots.sgml index 9fd60f6af7..307a852ec5 100644 --- a/data/releases/snapshots.sgml +++ b/data/releases/snapshots.sgml @@ -1,75 +1,85 @@ - + %includes; ]> - + &header;``FreeBSD ... provides what is probably the most robust and capable TCP/IP stack in existence ...''
---Michael O'Brien, SunExpert August 1996 volume 7 number 8.
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall release process before a release actually slips out the door with problems that make folks mad, we are now periodically producing interim test releases called snapshots. These snapshots will be very similar to full releases, except that they will be somewhat more minimal. In particular, before getting and installing a snapshot release, be aware of following:
Your feedback on these snapshots is, of course, greatly welcome. They are not just for our benefit - those who are coming to rely on FreeBSD for mission critical applications should welcome a chance to get at more updated bits in a structured fashion. You can also use these snapshots as tangible evidence that your feedback is getting incorporated and that you (hopefully) will not have any unpleasant surprises in the next release. On the other hand, if you do send us hate mail next release and it turns out that you never even tried the snapshots, well, it cuts both ways!
Snapshots are available via anonymous from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. +
Snapshots of FreeBSD-current + are available via anonymous FTP from + + ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. The snapshot releases are in directories named in the format REL-YYMMDD-SNAP where `REL' is the release number, `YY' is the year, `MM' is the month, and `DD' is the day the snapshot was released. Each snapshot directory contains a `README' file which outlines the changes for the particular snapshot.
+By popular demand, snapshots are also now available for the + FreeBSD-stable branch via anonymous FTP from + + ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. + The snapshot releases are in directories named in the + same manner as -current snapshots, but ending in the keyword + RELENG instead of SNAP. + &footer;