Re: Linux as mail/proxy server?

From: Maxim Belushkin (m.belushkin_at_fz-juelich.de)
Date: 11/02/03 

Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 11:13:50 +0100

   Check out FreeBSD (just one of the possible suggestions). Junk
sendmail for something like qmail, setting up pop3d and imapd is also
trivial. Using squid for a proxy is one of the classical approaches.

  As for security, if you do your firewalling with ipfw and watch out
for security announcements, you're good to go. I always go for
"whatever ports the world should not see should be closed, and open
only to the subnet that really needs them".

Manos Petridis wrote:

> Hi guys and gals!
>
> I'm planning have a couple of servers installed, one as a proxy the
> other as a mail server. They may reach the outside world using a
> static ip adsl connection, or through a 3Com ISDN Lan Modem.
>
> Apart from the obvious M$ solutions, what would you propose?
> - Linux,
> - OpenBSD,
> - sVr3.2 unix,
> - OS/2, AS/400, CP/M? just kidding :-)
> And, if Linux, what distribution and what tools? (p.e. Red Hat Linux /
> Obtuse Smtpd Mail Srv / Squid Proxy Srv)
>
> Setup should be as bullet-proof as possible. There are no plans for a
> dedicated firewall :-(
> As I'm not keen on paying a fortune for an Exchange, its client
> licences and its increased hardware demands, I could also live with
> another (non Microsoft) solution running on M$-WIndows 2K. In fact,
> the IBM sever it is to run on came with a Lotus Notes server and some
> client licences. On the other hand, should one wish to migrate from
> MS-NT 4.0 domain to MS-Win2K active directory architecture, Exchange
> 2K will be much better intergrated.What do you think?
>
> I'm all ears. Shoot away!
>
> TIA
> Manos Petridis 

-- 
Max Belushkin

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