Re: Small business firewall appliances
From: Hugh Pritchard (Hugh_spamtrap@ikuzus.demon.co.uk)Date: 10/21/02
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From: "Hugh Pritchard" <Hugh_spamtrap@ikuzus.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:06:27 +0100
> Playing devil's advocate, how much protection does the SMTP port on a
> typical small business server really need? Sure, I understand that there
> are SMTP exploits, mainly DOS. But in terms of exposure/coverage, how
> serious are those risk in practice? Have you ever seen anyone actually
> hit?
>
> Ken Wallewein CDP,CNE,MCSE,CCA,CCNA
> K&M Systems Integration
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I know of two different company's that were running MS Small Business Server
for various reasons. Often SBS is a cheap option for a company that needs a
file server, a database server and a mail server for internal staff.
Once they have that running someone will suggest they stick a modem on it to
send/retrieve email and then how about using it for ICS for net access.
Both of them were hit by Nimda/Code Red and had to call in external staff to
sort out the resultant mess. So yes I know of at least 2 that have been hit
and I am sure that there were many others.
Cheers
Hugh
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