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Small and Medium Businesses
Small businesses (fewer than 100 employees) and medium businesses (about 100 to 500 employees) benefit from
The directory and network services in the following picture reside on one Mac OS X Server, while a second server hosts mail, web, and other employee productivity services. In small businesses, all services might reside on a single server.
Mac OS X Server | Authoritative | |
| DNS server | |
Open Directory, |
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DNS, DHCP, |
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VPN, NAT, and IP | DSL/cable | |
firewall services | ||
Firewall | The Internet | |
Mac OS X server | ||
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| VPN |
Mail, web,
file, print, and application services
Mac OS X client
Windows clients | Mac OS X clients |
•The firewall between Mac OS X Server and the Internet protects the company intranet from access by unauthorized users.
•An authoritative DNS server hosted by another company provides domain name (example.com) resolution, while DNS services on Mac OS X Server provide names for the intranet devices (such as printers and client computers) that have static IP addresses.
•DHCP services provide dynamic IP addresses to some of the Macintosh and Windows clients.
•VPN service lets employees access the intranet to use mail, file, and other services when they are away from the office. Like all the other services shown, VPN supports both Macintosh and Windows clients.
Chapter 1 Mac OS X Server in Action