I'm no expert, but this isn't going to protect your server. If you're worried about flaws in the SMTP server, using a proxy isn't going to hide them, as you will still need to receive email (I presume), which means that the proxy will forward all incoming SMTP requests to your mail server anyway.
If you're worried about other ports being open on your mail server, then set the firewall up to block all but SMTP. If you don't need to receive email from the outside world, then set the firewall to block all incoming connections. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Zino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 16 May 2002 10:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: looking for smtp proxy > > > Does someone know a nice smtp proxy soft or a cheap device? > > In fact, I have a mail server running under windows NT that > is connected > directly to the Internet and I would like to use the smtp > proxy to hide the > real mail server name when someone is connecting to it > through smtp. By > hidding the real mail server name, it can prevent someone > knows the server > type and try to exploit it when there is a security flaw in > the mail server. > > Thanks in advance. > > Ben > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
