Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 15:54:47 +0200 From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: jerryk@iquest.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail on a firewall box Message-ID: <2482.871912487@verdi.nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Aug 1997 08:41:54 -0500" References: <33F85122.41C67EA6@iquest.net>
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> > > 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! Well, the Whistle Interjet *is* a FreeBSD box :-). But it's hidden. Yes, you can get much of the same functionality with ipfw or ipfilter. It all depends on how much your own time is worth. > > 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! A fairly common way to do this is SMAP (from the TIS toolkit) plus sendmail. I doubt you'll find many people serious about security who will want to go for sendmail alone. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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