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Subject: SCO 3.0 and Setting up an Internet Site
From: sysop@teaminfinity.com (Sysop)
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 11:41:00 -0500
Organization: TEAM INFINITY P.O. BOX 952 Greenbelt, MD 20770 USA
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Hi, we are trying to set up an Internet Site. We are planning on using
SCO Intel UNIX version 3.0 on a DELL 100Mhz 486 as the main box. This
box will attach to the internet either with a SLIP/PPP or T1 connection.
Attached to this SCO INTEL UNIX box will be 3 or 4 DOS/Windows PCs running
FTP Software Inc's PC/TCP OnNet 1.1. They will be wired via coax and
3COM 3C503 cards to the SCO Intel UNIX box.
Some users will gain access to the internet via these PCs and others will SLIP
into the Intel UNIX box running SCO. The SCO Box will also run the following
Servers/Daemons: SMTP, NNTP, FTP, Telnet, DNS Name, MOSAIC. Also it must handle
two incoming SLIP lines. We plan on using USRobotics 16550 based serial cards
for the SLIP connections (Both the SLIP connnection to the Internet if we do
not get a T1 right away, and the two incoming SLIP lines for Dial in users.)
Questions:
1. Is SCO UNIX Open Server Enterprise System 3.0
(Part No. SC104-UX72-3.0.0) capable of doing
the above ? i.e. does the SCO distribution
include the following:
(Server = daemon)
A. SMTP Server/daemon
B. NNTP Server/daemon (Net News Tranport Protocol)
C. TELNET Server/daemon
D. FTP Server/daemon
E. Mosaic Server/daemon
F. DNS Name Server/daemon
G. SLIP or PPP Server/daemon
If yes, are SCO's servers/daemons etc RFC
compatible ?
If no, are there public domain servers/daemons
out there that are 100 % compatible with this SCO
and where can they be found.
2. Is there a better Intel Based UNIX out there for
a project like this ?
3. Do you know anyone who has blazed this trail, i.e.
has already used SCO UNIX to set up an Internet Site ?
4. Will FTP Software Inc's PC/TCP OnNet 1.1 work
well with SCO 3.0 ?
Thanks very much !!
sysop@TeamInfinity.com (Eric Sean Webber)