Re: Probably simple relay problem

From: mouss (no email)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 17:14:05 EST

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    Thomas Burns a écrit :
    > Hi,
    >
    > I am having what I imagine is a really simple problem configuring
    > postfix to relay mail. I am trying to set up a postfix server that
    > will relay mail (newsletters) for a webapp. The relay server is
    > running on a different server than the webapp. So, it needs to accept
    > connections from the local subnet (or specific addresses, whichever is
    > easier to setup). I am using version 2.0.10 (what ships with OS X 10.4).
    >
    > In main.cf, I set:
    >
    > mynetworks_style = subnet

    define mynetworks explicitly instead of this. You are trusting all hosts
    that match you ifconfig mask, including outsiders (people in the same
    ISP network).

    > smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject

    You should add other checks to control what your webapp machine is doing
    (to avoid having another prog on that box using email for example).

    Examples:
    - check that the heloname is the one you configured on your webapp
    - reject non fqdn and weired addresses
    - if your webapp uses a limited set of senders, make sure the sender is
    in this set.
    - you may add sasl auth if you can.

    None of these will fully protect you but they may block "simple" attacks.


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