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Re: Advise on setup of small office locally or via VPS



On 03/17/2015 04:22 AM, Linux4Bene wrote:
Thanks for any advice, thoughts, links or info and for your patience if
you got this far :)

I run a SOHO LAN with ADSL, 4 static IP's, and a few Internet services.


I avoid running key Internet-facing services locally -- my WAN bandwidth is too precious and the services are too important. I prefer service provider DNS and mail, and VPS WWW.


+1 for using a dedicated device/ FOSS distribution for your WAN/LAN gateway. I use IPCop.


+1 for using Samba for the LAN file server -- I want interoperability: Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac, and others.


VPN's are appealing, but consider the consequences of a VPN machine compromise. Securing the rest of the VPN against that risk is non-trivial, and involves other people's computers and networks. I turned it off.


David


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