Re: Advice - solution for a company server

From: Imhotep (Imhotep_at_nospam.net)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 21:18:01 -0400

Steven L Umbach wrote:

> Sure that will work but if you already have a domain controller you
> already have bought and installed a copy of Windows 2003 Server so the
> costs nothing does not really help. Windows Active Directory integrated
> dns zones also replicate while encrypted with AD replication traffic, can
> use secure
> dynamic dns, and if you want you can further encrypt, authenticate, and
> ensure integrity of all traffic between domain controllers with ipsec.
> --- Steve

And so can Openldap. Furthermore, I cam use certificates on client machines
to further secure (and validate) dynamic dns updates...

I can also configure LDAP via a secure web site (easier administration),
replicate (with encrypted sessions) and oh yea, I do not have to bind to
the root for user authentications.

and oh yea, is more secure, runs better and still costs nothing.

>
>
> "Imhotep" <Imhotep@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:kK6dnabcTbQ1mqfeRVn-qQ@adelphia.com...
>> Steven L Umbach wrote:
>>
>>> SBS 2003 would be a goof choice and it also comes with a version on
>>> Exchange. There are a number of good books out about Windows 2003 Server
>>> and SBS 2003 and a number of newsgroups with very helpful people. Linux
>>> is
>>> not
>>> the best choice for a managed environment if you have Windows 2000 and
>>> particularly Windows XP Pro computers. You can do a lot to have
>>> consistent
>>> security policy and user environment in an Active Directory domain much
>>> you will probably not appreciate at first. While the cost of Linux is
>>> attractive you need to think about total cost of ownership and not just
>>> the cost of the operating system. If someone wanted to create a DNS
>>> server
>>> that would not be
>>> part of an AD domain I would suggest that they use Linux. It is not
>>> that difficult to install and maintain Windows SBS but I would say that
>>> to get it set up you may want to invest in the help of a professional or
>>> buy a good book on SBS to educate yourself to see if you or someone that
>>> works with you feels up to it. You might want to post in one of the SBS
>>> newsgroups for more
>>> opinions on that. --- Steve

>>
>> Using OpenLDAP with Bind DNS you have a "AD w/DNS" solution. Oh, yea,
>> that is more secure, runs better and costs nothing :-)
>>
>>
>>> "Soft" <happsz(at)o2.pl> wrote in message
>>> news:4337fcab@news.home.net.pl...
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I need to estabiilish a new solution for my company (rather small). We
>>>> now need a company server that should handle 10 workstations - to
>>>> provide
>>>> users with opportuninty of sharing their project files and to set their
>>>> own e-mail accounts on it. We already have a proper machine (as I was
>>>> told), but I don't know which software will be good enough for this
>>>> task,
>>>> and of course it shall be not expensive - we are only interested in the
>>>> genuine software. My colleagues told me about some Linux OS, but we
>>>> don't
>>>> want to pay for the server administration right now, and no-one in my
>>>> team knows this systems. Can you help me to choose a right software?
>>>> Shall Windows Small Business Server 2003 be a good solution (can a
>>>> common
>>>> computer user operate it?), or do we really need an adminitrator to
>>>> handle one of the Unix systems?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Hailie
>>>>
>>
>> Im

IM

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