Apple 10.3 manual Small and Medium Businesses, Vpn

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Small and Medium Businesses

Small businesses (fewer than 100 employees) and medium businesses (about 100 to 500 employees) benefit from cross-platform file and printer sharing, network services, mail, web, and database applications.

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,

 

DNS, DHCP,

 

VPN, NAT, and IP

DSL/cable

firewall services

Firewall

The Internet

Mac OS X server

 

 

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

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Apple 10.3 manual Small and Medium Businesses, Vpn