Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 23:04:57 -0500 From: Jerry Kelley <jerryk@iquest.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: sendmail on a firewall box Message-ID: <33F7C9E9.167EB0E7@iquest.net>
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This is probably a loaded question and I'd bet that I'll get responses on both sides but I'm going to ask this question anyway: 1) is it a major security hole to run sendmail on a firewall box? Okay, there, I said it. In the economy of a small business, it is not always practical to have several servers providing services such as firewalling and mail hosting. So, for my business, I want to set up a FreeBSD box to act as the Internet access point and provide things like DNS, mail hosting, NTP, and firewalling. I really don't have the dollars to build a separate box for the firewall although I know that security purists will frown and make some comments that security isn't cheap anyway. I just want one box that provides the services to my small LAN. I want that box to be the mail host for my company and also provide a firewall/proxy service. Am I asking for too much? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jerry Kelley jerryk@iquest.net "Expectations are life's greatest dangers."
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