Re: [fw-wiz] smtp proxy on firewall

From: Paul D. Robertson (paul_at_compuwar.net)
Date: 11/27/04

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    To: Carson Gaspar <carson@taltos.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:11:24 -0500 (EST)

    On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, Carson Gaspar wrote:

    > > You get the source, should there be a new SMTP feature you'd like the code
    > > to support. If you're not in a high volume environment, don't need to do
    > > gateway rejection for anti-spam, and don't need TLS, it should work just
    > > fine.
    >
    > Ummm... not so much. The last released version of FWTK still has locking
    > bugs in the SMTP proxy that can cause problems (definitely wedged mail,
    > maybe lost mail - my memory is fuzzy). I'm pretty sure there are patches

    Ah, I thought all that got fixed for 2.0, or whenever Joe Yao put out
    his patch, whichever came second... My memory is fuzzy though.

    > floating around that fix them, but I'm not sure. I fixed some of them, and
    > Viktor Duchovni fixed more (well, he rewrote most of the proxy), but we may
    > have fixed the Gauntlet source, not fwtk, so I don't know if they were ever
    > released...
    >

    Google finds lots of hits for races and locks with smap, but they all look
    pretty old to me.

    > Apologies for the FUD-like post, but it has been 4+ years since I looked at
    > any of this...

    It's been longer for me, so I'll defer.

    Paul
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