>
> Web:
> Options: apache,apache2,boa,etc
>
Apache 1.3.27
> Mail:
> Options: courier-imap,cyrus,etc
>
uw-imap-2002d
> SMTP:
> Options: sendmail,postfix,ssmtp,etc
>
postfix
> Database:
> Options: postgresql,mysql,etc
>
mysql
> IRCd:
> Options: ?
>
none, thank you very much.
> FtpD:
> Options: Proftpd,ftpd,etc
>
Proftpd
> /usr/portage/ sharing:
> Options: NFS,NIS,etc
>
NIS for the dial-up servers (to synchronyze the user data automatically)
Comments:
Postfix is great :) It allows (almost) anything I would want, and its
configuration syntax is sane, which you can't say about sendmail.
MySQL is the fastest of all SQL servers I've seen. It's easy to administer
(it's users database and access settings are saved in the SQL tables, so
you can remotely administer it from any GUI if you wish). It has great set
of third-party graphic GUIs available from the internet. It's so
wide-spread that some applications require it -- notably, in my case, the
php-based forums, like phpBB or invision. It has some serious limitation:
the stable versions, AFAIK, lack stored procedures, making him unusable
for really serious databases. And one more thing that bothers me: it's SQL
language is somehow defective: for example, it lacks sub-queries, like
"select f1 from t1 where f2 in (select ....)". If I'm wrong, I'll be happy
to be corrected.
NIS has a huge security breach, allowing the intruder to obtain the user
root shell. Make sure that the whole system is behind the firewall, filtering
outside connections to port 9000 (as far as I remember). Once again, I'll
be happy to be corrected.
Regards, L.
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