Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:41:54 -0500 From: Jerry Kelley <jerryk@iquest.net> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail on a firewall box Message-ID: <33F85122.41C67EA6@iquest.net> References: <33F7C9E9.167EB0E7@iquest.net> <3599.871884758@verdi.nethelp.no>
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sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > > > > > 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. > > Sounds like you should buy a Whistle Interjet :-) (www.whistle.com) Yeah, well, the ISP's around here haven't even heard of the Interjet. Besides, it's not that economical. I can build a FreeBSD box and configure it for much less money! > > Anyway, given sendmail past history I'd feel very uncomfortable with > sendmail in any sort of security-related function. Why don't you look > at qmail (www.qmail.org) instead? This was written with security in > mind. Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. It's interesting how some will say that it's OK to run sendmail on the firewall box and others will cringe at it! > > I hope by "Internet access point" you don't mean for users to actually > login to the firewall box? This is generally considered a bad idea. No. The box will be dedicated to providing Interjet-like services for my LAN. It will not be used by any users other than the administrator for administration. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jerry Kelley jerryk@iquest.net "Expectations are life's greatest dangers."
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