NetNation Communications



Company name:	NetNation Communications
Contact:	Simon Kirby
Phone:	(604) 688-8946
E-Mail:	sales@netnation.com
WWW URL:	http://www.netnation.com

NetNation Communications is one of Canada's largest web hosting providers including colocation, dedicated servers, and managed services.

NetNation has Linux 2.2 and 2.4 deployed widely throughout the company, with many mission-critical services running on Linux.



NetNation Communications uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:
  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)
• Network file server:
  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
  • File server for other types of clients.
• Print server:
  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
  • Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
• Desktop environment:
  • OpenStep.
  • KDE.
  • GNOME.
  • Motif.
  • Other.
• Office productivity software:
  • Document preparation with Star Office.
  • Graphics prepared with GIMP.
• Backup services
  • Tar.
  • Other.
• HTTP servers
  • Apache.
• Internet client software - WWW
  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Lynx.
  • Other browsers.
• Internet client software - mail
  • Pine.
  • Mail.
  • Netscape's mail client.
  • Other mail clients.
• Network management:
  • Internet or WAN router.
  • Internet or WAN firewall.
• Electronic mail server:
  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.
• Network services provided to local users:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Services finger requests.
  • Other services.
• Software development tools:
  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Tcl/Tk
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.

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