On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 03:35:15PM -0700, Tim Dunn wrote:
> > I've seen a report from one of our clients that their Qube 3 is running as
> > an Open Relay Proxy and can therefore be used for email spamming through the
> > Squid port on the ppp connection when dialed up.
> 
> Simplest solution is to get a hardware firewall and have it *not*
> forward port 3128 to the Qube.

Woldn't the simpler solution be to [re]configure squid to not be
an open relay?  This hardly seems a problem that needs hardware
thrown at it...

Maybe I've misunderstood the nature of the problem...

> 
> tim
> 
> -- 
> Sysadmin Rule #14: If it's not on fire, it's a software issue.

Heh. :)

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