Re: A few smoothwall newbie questions
From: Michael Temples (keezdriverNOT@THISSTUFFbellsouth.net)Date: 03/14/02
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From: Michael Temples <keezdriverNOT@THISSTUFFbellsouth.net> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:51:36 -0500
Lynt wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Apologies in advance if these questions are in some sort FAQ, but I have a
> feq quick ones to ask.
>
> 1) Can smoothwall run an FTP daemon
> 2) Can smoothwall run sendmail
> 3) I guess, what is the extent of running compiled applications?
>
> Cheers
> Lynt
First use IPCop, not SW.
1. No, it's a firewall
2. Mo, it's a firewall
3. You can probably compile and run anything you want on it, but then you
defeat the purpose of a firewall. Use it the way it was intended and you
get great protection, if youallow other services to run on your firewall
box and they are compromised (you have to allow accesses to those services)
then your whole system can be at risk.
The above also applies to IPCop, it's support is better and security fixes
are faster, they had the fix for the zlib problem early on the same day I
read about it. And they are friendly too :-).
-- Michael T Don't blame me, I didn't vote for him! Then again, neither did a lot of other people. User #228869 on Machine #147583
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