Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:20:17 +1200 From: "Richard Shea" <rshea@thecubagroup.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Firewall + Mail Server on same machine - is that OK ? Message-ID: <200103190018.f2J0Iis59249@deborah.paradise.net.nz>
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Hi - I've currently got a FreeBSD box which I use as a firewall machine (using IPFW) and to do NATD. I'm thinking of setting up a mail server and I would certainly want to do this under FreeBSD but I feel like I've heard that having, for instance, a mailserver on the same machine as the firewall is not a good idea. Could anyone comment on this ? It seems to me that if someone was able to get through the firewall in the first place putting the mailserver on another machine wouldn't necessarily help all that much ? Am I missing something here ? I'd be interested in peoples comments. thanks richard shea. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Cuba Group PO Box 1864 Wellington New Zealand PH +64 4 496 5205 FX +64 4 496 5209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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