I have used e-smith (5.0 I believe) for about ... 9 months I think. Has been rock solid in the stability aspect. Was used as a do it all machine for a small network of about 6 computers. I used it as the gateway for the network. I really liked the way it was setup, and is quite easy to configure for the most part, but don't expect any compiler's, but it does use RPMs, and seems to work pretty good with them.
-- Leif Madsen - Network Administrator Plan-Net Technologies http://www.plannettechnologies.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Dave'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Security Basics'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 5:29 PM Subject: RE: Your experiences with e-smith SME Server > I have been using SME server now for about 6 months and found the > product to be very stable and easy to manage. I have not and donnot use > the the server connected directly to the Internet. I use another product > for the firewall and hide my SME server behind it. > > I am sure that the SME server is able to perform the task no problem, > and for a small company it is a very good solution, but I don't like > placing my company data at the gateway to allow others to attack. > > Thanks > Paul Jose > Network Security Analyst > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2002 8:08 PM > To: Security Basics > Subject: Your experiences with e-smith SME Server > > > Hi all, > > I have recently been evaluating e-smith v 5.1.2 for use in a fairly > hostile environment and was wondering if anyone has any real-world > experience with this product and any feedback based on these > experiences. > > FWIW the hostile environemnt is the public education system so it is > only hostile from the inside. The servers will be placed within a very > large WAN and will be configured to upstream all http requests to a well > secured clustered cache at head office, so the only concerns come from > high school students on the *trusted network* and the only intention is > to save bandwidth over the relatively slow WAN links. > > I haven't found any vulnerabilities except the recent PHP vuln's for > which a patch has now been released. > > Unfortunately the 'powers-that-be' are convinced this product is perfect > for them though they only want it as a squid proxy with a web based > configuration and management portal and have now considered allowing me > to at least turn off the SMB, smtp, webmail, etc. > > IMHO I would love to see a hardened (or just ipf'ed) OpenBSD box running > squid and webmin, but I need a great weight of evidence to encourage > changes of mind in this less-than-perfect organistaion. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback you may have > > Dave >
