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From: Keith Matthews (keith_msweeney.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2002 - 02:22:47 CST

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