Hi, I was told that there is a Novell Netware 5.1 live CD/Iso that can be downloaded that can be used to boot off of that will load an evaluation/trial virtual 5.1 netware server that is interactive where you can create accounts and use the different functions until you eject the CD or turn off the computer.
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So, my boss and I were having a conversation last week and somehow we ended up on the subject of NetWare. A few days later, he surprised me with a box that complete with a Netware 5.1 CD-ROM, some floppies and the documentation from Novell that he came across in one of the IT storerooms (he also came across some old gear since he knows I'm into that, so I took home a pair of PIII Gateway E3200 slimlines, a PII Optiplex 100, a Power Macintosh 5000 AIO [just like what I used in kindergarten, LOL], an old 486DX Dell [complete with original monitor and *mechanical* keyboard/mouse] and a huge box of miscellaneous parts with a PII Compaq Armada laptop right on the top. There was more but it was mostly boring 2005-era stuff and a lot of printers).
So, on the drive home I was toying around with an idea. Not about the old gear (that's for another day), but about the copy of Novell NetWare I was given. As for the old gear, I think it's time for a trip to Ikea for another desk or two
I currently have two Ubuntu Server 16.04 machines, my prior A10 workstation (primary) and an old IBM Intellistation M Pro (secondary/synchronized). My Synology NAS is synchronized one-way with the primary. The primary serves as a file/print server, firewall and just for kicks and giggles, a deployment server. The secondary is just a file server synchronized one-way with the primary. The IBM is pretty old but it's still kicking. The A10 will eventually become my secondary since I eventually plan on replacing it with a new primary in addition to a pfSense firewall box. It's definitely overkill for home use, but in lieu of gaming, a home lab is my hobby.
So, as far as the IBM goes, I'd like to put NetWare 5.1 on it. It would still serve as a secondary server to the primary, which uses the NFS protocol. I'm pretty sure that NetWare could work with NFS; a cron job on the primary to complete a scheduled one-way synchronization with the NetWare server would be simple.
This idea is probably crazy. NetWare is in the past and for the most part, it's no longer used. I have heard that Novell's security vulnerabilities were mostly involved with physical access to the console. I'm not sure if that still remains true, though I think at this point in the game, it's security by obscurity. I don't need to learn Novell, since I'm pretty sure I will never run into a NetWare environment in this day and age, it's just that I want to, just because.
So, on the drive home I was toying around with an idea. Not about the old gear (that's for another day), but about the copy of Novell NetWare I was given. As for the old gear, I think it's time for a trip to Ikea for another desk or two
I currently have two Ubuntu Server 16.04 machines, my prior A10 workstation (primary) and an old IBM Intellistation M Pro (secondary/synchronized). My Synology NAS is synchronized one-way with the primary. The primary serves as a file/print server, firewall and just for kicks and giggles, a deployment server. The secondary is just a file server synchronized one-way with the primary. The IBM is pretty old but it's still kicking. The A10 will eventually become my secondary since I eventually plan on replacing it with a new primary in addition to a pfSense firewall box. It's definitely overkill for home use, but in lieu of gaming, a home lab is my hobby.
So, as far as the IBM goes, I'd like to put NetWare 5.1 on it. It would still serve as a secondary server to the primary, which uses the NFS protocol. I'm pretty sure that NetWare could work with NFS; a cron job on the primary to complete a scheduled one-way synchronization with the NetWare server would be simple.
This idea is probably crazy. NetWare is in the past and for the most part, it's no longer used. I have heard that Novell's security vulnerabilities were mostly involved with physical access to the console. I'm not sure if that still remains true, though I think at this point in the game, it's security by obscurity. I don't need to learn Novell, since I'm pretty sure I will never run into a NetWare environment in this day and age, it's just that I want to, just because.