On Wednesday 05 March 2003 12:38 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > Norman wrote on Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:32:48PM +0000 : > > Hi all, > > I have been asked if I can set up a Linux box to replace an NT server. > > What has been requested is that it be file server, mail server, print > > server and firewall and that external users should be able to access > > their mail and data. > > PLEASE PLEASE! DO NOT MAKE THE FIREWALL SERVE A BUNCH OF SERVICES! > > Make a server that does file (samba), mail (smtp and imap over ssl), > print (samba), and internal DNS. Make a second machine that does the > firewall. From the inside, all clients access the samba/mail server > directly. From the outside, you forward port 25 (smtp) and 993 (imaps) > into the server. > > Doing it all on one machine is ASKING to lose all your important data. > > Blue skies... Todd
I heartily second that thought!!! You don't ever want to mix stuff on the firewall unless you are willing to share or lose the data.
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