From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 17 21:05:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA19115 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:05:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iquest3.iquest.net (iquest3.iquest.net [209.43.20.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA19102 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 21:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 17850 invoked from network); 18 Aug 1997 04:05:00 -0000 Received: from glider.iquest.net (HELO drifter.iquest.net) (198.70.144.56) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 18 Aug 1997 04:05:00 -0000 Message-ID: <33F7C9E9.167EB0E7@iquest.net> Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 23:04:57 -0500 From: Jerry Kelley X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions Subject: sendmail on a firewall box Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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."