Hi Eric,

Use the latest version of SSH and sendmail and you should be clear. Give it
a private IP address (if its in the middle between the net and your LAN) and
stop any data from or to it via iptables.

Thanks

Mathew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Low" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 7:59 AM
Subject: [Bridge] IP address


> I have a transparent bridge/iptables configuration, along with ebtables,
and
> have avoided assigning it an IP address for quite a while now, for
security
> reasons (making it harder for someone to directly connect or send anything
> harmful directly to the bridge).  I'm reconsidering that decision, for
three
> basic reasons - to allow SSH, SendMail (to email the logs to me), and to
allow
> DNAT.
>
> This might not be the best place to ask this question, but are there any
> important security concerns that I should be aware of (besides SendMail
holes)?
>  Perhaps I'm thinking about this wrong.  Am I rightly concerned?
>
> Thank you,
> Eric
>
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