for people who use win2k & linux

Hi i have been using windows for a while now and are becomming more and more experienced with it, but want to try linux.

I want to gain more information about linux though before i try using it.

With windows im using terminal services allot from remote destinations, is there anything like that for linux

if you havent used terminal services this is what i mean:

http://www.thedigitaldream.co.uk/term/

also, i have been using remote access, so people can connect to me using a vpn, is there any such thing in linux?

and one more thing about security

on windows i have two network cards

1 for the website bandwidth
1 for internal set with ip 10.0.10.1

when i set up isa server (internet security and acceleration server) it asks which cards are which, the reason for this is because, then, the webserver on the server is set to use the internal ip, rather than the external, so that, it goes through isa to provide security.

Does linux do the same sort of this, as in, for example, if using apache webserver, you supply that web server with an internal ip address, then you give a proxy of some sort, the external ip.

im really new to linux and need to have this set up right.

also, what is a good linus mail server, im currently using exchange for windows

and i will be using the gnome user interface as i have no idea about the commands for linux, so do things like apache, mail servers, etc come with the gnome interface to?

and could you recommend some software for linux that will supply very good security (two reasons, dont want to be hacked and spread virus, and two, im on cheap bandwidth, and if i get a virus, and people owning servers notice that i have a virus from thier logs, and report me to my isp, they will cut me off)

ok thanx for your help, sorry about the long post

and also, is bind good for dns?

 

 

 

 

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