Re[2]: smtp proxy- yes or no?

From: Keith Matthews (no email)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 03:22:47 EST


On Wed, 2 Jan 2002 08:42:47 +0100 Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.>> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 06:00:46PM +1000, Adrian Bolzan wrote:

> > My boss has asked me to minimise contact between the internet and the
> > internal network (understandable).

> For that, you can use Postfix as "quasi"-SMTP proxy.

There is actually a recommendation to use this setup in an article on
one of the security sites.

> > Regarding e-mail, he thought that a smtp proxy would assist in this,
> > although I realised that (a) it would be another server that could fail,
> > need maintainance, etc.; and (b) postfix is very secure, as is linux (or
> > can be).

> Well, you COULD use OpenBSD instead :)

That's my setup, complicated by the fact I'm on a dial-up.

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Keith Matthews
Frequentous Consultants  - Linux Services, 
		Oracle development & database administration
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