>>>>> "mm" == Michael Montz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
mm> So that's why the move to Linux. Being relatively new to Linux
mm> and TCPIP networking in general (my background is with Netware)
mm> I have a few questions.
mm> The server set up is:
mm> RedHat 5.1
mm> 2 NICS
mm> Routing and ipmasqurading setup and working
That's a good start.
mm> 1. Can Apache run, at the same time, as both a WEB and Proxy
mm> server? The WEB server will have very little activity, just
I have no experience with proxy servers; do you want to use a proxy
server to save bandwidth, or for security reasons though?
mm> some info about the school. If it gets 10 hits a week that will
mm> be a lot.
mm> 2. The server is a Compaq Prosignia 500 w/P90, 64MB, 4GB SCSI
mm> HD. They want to run WEB, email, proxy, DNS, DHCP, and routing
mm> services. I would like some opinions on whether this is
mm> overkill for one server. The network consist of about 100 Win95
mm> stations. My guess is that at any given time less than half
mm> will be using the services of the Internet server, except of
mm> course at boot up for DHCP services.
The *load* is fine. I just think that that *organisation* is not
ideal. Everything is fine except the idea of making the machine a
DNS server. If the machine is your firewall, you should not put on
it information about the internal structure of your network. You
would be better off keeping your *internal* DNS information on an
internal machine, for example your backup machine.
mm> 3. For redundancy, I am planning to setup a second machine
mm> (486/33 16MB 175MB HD)as backup for DNS and email. Which side
mm> of the firewall do I place this machine?
Personally, I'd swap the disks of the two machines. Give the firewall
the small disk and the internal machine the large one. Run a web
proxy (say, Squid) on the internal machine, and run the WWW server on
the other one (personally, I avoid running web servers on firewalls as
well, but you probably don't have the budget for a fully formed
"demilitarised zone" setup, since that would require at least one more
machine.
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