Hi all, I hope this isn't off topic. Considering that the guinea pig for this experiment is a blue-and-white G3, it probably actually is ON topic.
Anyway, I might be getting a G4 Sawtooth from a friend who's upgrading to a G5. This means that my trusty Blue-And-White might wind up without a purpose. This can't happen. So, I've come up with an interesting idea. Hear me out. I want to put this machine on the Internet. I have three static IPs with my DSL connection, and my ISP (DSLExtreme) allows people to have servers up. I know that, for one thing, I can host Unreal Tournament (1999) games on this thing if I run either MacOS 9 or X. But suppose I want to do other things? Like maybe have a web server, or FTP, or even IRC? I know that MacOS X is something you have to be careful with. It's a xNIX, just like the *BSDs and Linux. Therefore it has the same vulnerabilities. However, MacOS 9 and below is different. It isn't rootable because there is no root account! This is why the US Army has been using WebSTAR under MacOS 9 to host army.mil. WebSTAR unfortunately is extremely expensive. Stairways' NetPrezenz is a little less expensive, but still expensive. There are freeware proggies like machttp but they are unknown quantities to me. I know about GlobalIRCd too. It looks very intriguing. It's gotten to the point where I'm beginning to get geeked about the idea of running some Internet-exposed servers on a Mac running 9 for the sheer hack value of it. It just sounds like fun. Has anyone done this? Is it feasible? Or should I just stick to maybe slapping Debian Linux PPC or MacOS X on this baby and just do it the *NIX way, with all its inherent perils? Let me know, Michelle -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
