Hi Michelle,
I'm new to this mail-list, so hello to everyone else.
I've just read your message, and although I've never done what you've described, I too am very intrigued at the idea of this. So be all means, please share any suggestions that come your off list regarding this topic.
Considering I have a much older Power Mac 6500/225 running OS 9.1, so I'd be happy setting it up as a server if for just my own LAN.
Then again, I do have my own copy of WebStar, so perhaps I should just read up on it. Still, outside input is always welcome.
Cheers,
Bill
At 9:25 PM -0800 24/11/2004, Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
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!
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